by Deepa Panchang, Beverly Bell, and Tory Field As Americans were gearing up for last week’s Super Bowl championship, Haiti’s president Michel Martelly was on a plane to the World Economic Forum to recruit players interested in what one businessman …
“The Super Bowl of Disasters”: Profiting from Crisis in Post-Earthquake Haiti Read more »
Join Emerge America for an exclusive webinar featuring Jennifer L. Lawless. Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 5 PM EST She will discuss her new report (co-authored with Richard L. Fox) Men Rule: The Continued Under-Representation of Women in U.S. Politics. …
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Jesus Navarro could die without a kidney transplant. His wife is a match, she wants to donate her kidney to save her husband’s life, and he even has health insurance to cover the transplant, but because he is undocumented, the …
UCSF Medical Center Won’t Treat An Undocumented Kidney Patient! Read more »
I, Borges By Carlos Duguech I look like those others whom I do not see. They are so many that I lose count. Only voices, voices only, a fleeting life, sounds. I just think I am as vital as a …
Crossposted from Other Worlds. In a 2011 Forum on the Crisis of Housing in Haiti, a group of camp residents and advocates asked “grassroots organizations and all other movements to mobilize with us on the housing issue so that we …
“Best Practices” and “Exemplar Communities”: Ivory Tower Housing Solutions for Haiti Read more »
Originally published at IPPF/WHR In January, health providers throughout the United States recognized Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, reminding women and adolescent girls of the steps needed to prevent this disease. The good news is that cervical cancer is one of …
A Comprehensive Health Strategy Can End Cervical Cancer Deaths Read more »
Cross-posted from The Guatemala Times. Guatemala City. January 20, 2012 The private sector of Guatemala today made it crystal clear to President Otto Perez that they will not agree to any tax increases. Today the Guatemalan Congress was supposed to …
Guatemala Private Sector Says No To Tax Increase Read more »
Originally published at IPPF/WHR January 22nd marks the 39th anniversary of one of the most significant legal decisions of the 20th century, Roe v. Wade. This landmark ruling from the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion and changed the course …
39 Years After Roe Latin American and Caribbean Women Struggle for Abortion Rights Read more »
Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Many of us are thinking about the changes we want to make this year. For some, these changes will be financial; for others, physical or spiritual. But for all of us, there …
Going Green in 2012: 12 Steps for the Developing World Read more »
Originally published at IPPF/WHR As a part of The Aspen Institute’s 7 Billion: Conversations that Matter series, IPPF/WHR Regional Director Carmen Barroso spoke on a panel last Thursday entitled “The Road to Rio: Climate Change, Population and Sustainability.” The event …
How Are Environment and Reproductive Health Communities Working Together for Rio+20? Read more »