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Reaching People Where They Are
September 9, 2014
If you go to Michelle’s beauty salon in Georgetown, Guyana, you might leave with more than a new hairstyle. Inside the small shop, the walls are covered in posters about gender-based violence, and bowls full of female and male condoms are free for the taking. Michelle, who is a volunteer with our...Read more
Ending Violence Against Women in Panama
September 8, 2014
In Panama, where domestic violence is the second most reported crime in the country, the national legislature had three legal initiatives to address the problem of violence against women languish in debate. Long a champion of women’s rights, APLAFA, our Member Association in Panama, took action to...Read more
Choosing to Have a Child
September 7, 2014
Two years ago, Martha Alanoca and her husband were trying unsuccessfully to start a family. In Bolivia, where Martha lives, the prohibitively high cost of private sector fertility clinics prevents many couples who want to have children from getting the help they need to make this dream a reality...Read more
Navigating Adolescence in Good Health
September 5, 2014
IUDs give you cancer. The pill makes you fat. If you have sex, you won’t grow taller. These are only a few of the myths young people eagerly shouted out when asked what they had learned about sex before coming to CIES, our Member Association in Bolivia. Of the fourteen young people gathered in the...Read more
Bringing Health to Rural Communities
September 3, 2014
When asked how many hours she works in a day, Ana Cleotilde Gallardo Rodríguez—or Cleo—tilts her head back and laughs. “I have no schedule,” said Cleo. “I attend to people at midnight, at dawn… when people need me, when they can come.” Once, Cleo helped a woman safely deliver a baby in the middle...Read more
Helping Women Plan Their Families
September 1, 2014
Twenty-one-year-old Margarita Bernard’s first pregnancy came as a surprise midway through her final year of high school. “I was not looking to become a mother,” said Margarita. “I started having sex, but I had no idea about contraception.” Margarita, who shares two rooms with her mother and six...Read more
Preventing Teen Pregnancy with Sex Education in Chile
August 29, 2014
In a speech given at the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) in 2013, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet—who was the Executive Director of UN Women at the time—emphasized the connections between women’s empowerment, sexual and reproductive rights, and sustainable development. "Our goal...Read more
LGBTIQ Activism and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
August 18, 2014
“You don’t have to be gay to be a supporter; you just have to be human.” – Daniel Radcliffe, actor and gay rights activist This simple quote speaks to the importance of LGBTIQ activism in the post-2015 development agenda. The post-2015 agenda should take a human rights based approach to development...Read more
Listening to Youth Voices in Post-2015
August 11, 2014
It’s time that young people were talked to and not talked about. It struck me even more clearly when I was a meeting of young activists in Hong Kong recently. A friend and colleague put it perfectly when he said that he was tired of filling a "tickbox quota"—sick of being chosen to speak simply...Read more
A Place of Refuge for Homeless Youth in Bolivia
August 1, 2014
The term "vulnerable populations" is used by health professionals to refer to people who are hard-to-reach and, therefore, tend to have greater unmet health needs. In Bolivia, one of the most vulnerable populations is homeless children who are living on the streets. A UNICEF report published in...Read more

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