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  • 5 Online Tools That Give Teens the Sex Ed They Need

    April 10, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The rate of teen pregnancy is higher than the national average in states that teach abstinence-only sex education or don't have sex education in the required curriculum at all. Several online platforms are attempting to bridge the gap between the lack of sex education in schools and the information that teens need to safely engage in sexual activity. From apps to social campaigns, these organizations are promoting safe sex, consent, and empowering young people to claim ownership over their bodies.

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  • Almost all girls were cut in her Ethiopian village. Not anymore, thanks to her.

    January 26, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

    When Bogaletch Gebre was a girl she underwent a dangerous procedure, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The practice requires the removal of all, or part of the clitoris. It can lead to scarring, bleeding, and sometimes even death. When she grew up and learned the harmful effects of the procedure, she and her sister decided to create a non profit to end the practice. “Today, KMG is credited with virtually eliminating FGM in Kembata, a region of 680,000.” What’s worked so well for the non profit? Community conversations. “Community conversations can work anywhere where human beings live together,” Gebre says. “

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  • Sex ed may be a class, but experts say the best education begins at home

    January 05, 2017 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Polls suggest that teenagers’ attitudes and beliefs about sex come mainly from their parents, but parents rarely feel like experts talking about sex. “Talk, the New Sex Ed,” is a non-profit in Pittsburgh which works with parents in an after-school setting, giving them a conversational framework to talk about sex with their children.

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  • Attitudes Toward Female Genital Mutilation Changing in Ethiopia

    January 05, 2017 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia

    An estimated 200 million woman have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a procedure which can lead to “hemorrhaging, scarring, infections and psychological trauma.” However, one nonprofit, called KMG, has made giant strides in their community and reduced the practice from 97 percent to five percent. How do you change FGM? You talk. “We don’t dictate, we just discuss,” said the founder.

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  • The Sesame Street of Sex Ed: Ugandan Show Uses Puppets to Break Taboos

    December 08, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Uganda has some of the highest fertility and HIV prevalence rates in the world. Yet the government has banned comprehensive sexuality education in schools, and parents feel uncomfortable talking about the taboo subject. So Chicken & Chips, a television show about puppets, was created to educate the country’s young people about sexual and reproductive health.

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  • Sex ed program goes far beyond sex, succeeds by meeting basic needs

    December 07, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Research has shown that when young people have their basic needs met and feel positive about their futures, they are less likely to engage in risky behaviors. The Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program has reduced pregnancy rates by 40 percent in New York by meeting teens educational, emotional, and employment needs.

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  • South Carolina finds innovative way to help first-time moms

    November 30, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Florence, South Carolina

    Thanks to social impact bonds, the Nurse-Family Partnership in South Carolina pairs specially trained nurses with low-income pregnant women for regular home visits, giving the mothers coaching to break the poverty cycle. The state should realize a return on its investment long-term, with lower Medicaid costs, fewer preterm births, bigger gaps between childbirths and fewer emergency room visits.

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  • Could this 12-year, unconditional mentors program help Detroit's kids?

    November 23, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Friends of the Children is an organization in Portland that pairs kindergarteners from poor and chaotic families with mentors, who commit to being with them for 12 years. Through attention and consistency mentors are helping to keep these at risk children from dropping out of school, becoming a young parent or getting in trouble with the law.

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  • Tuk Tuks and Two Tents Bring Health Services to Uganda's Slums

    October 20, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Uganda has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in Africa, but a unique mobile health clinic is helping to reduce the rates of conception. Marie Stopes’ tuk tuks brings health care, sexual education and contraceptives to women in poor communities.

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  • Safe Passage: Access to Abortion in India

    August 11, 2016 |

    Bitch Media |

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    Response Location: India, Patna, Bihar

    Cultural stigmas, a lack of information, and shortages of qualified providers mean that - despite being a legal process - millions of women in India still suffer and die from botched and back-ally abortions each year. The Ipas Development Foundation is working to change perceptions and save lives by providing training and certifications to healthcare workers, passing out free contraception, helping break social taboos, and distributing informational resources communicating women's rights to reproductive healthcare.

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