This post was originally published on mom-101.com. “It’s so strange to us that vaccinations can be controversial in the US,” the doctor said to us, shaking his head ever so slightly. And when I looked around at the clinic on the outskirts of a dusty, dirt road town many bumpy miles from downtown Addis Ababa in October, seeing what he saw every day, I understood completely. We saw benches lined with patients waiting for this

  We can’t share this message…without you! This week we teamed up with international superstars David Guetta and Usher to launch a new video to raise awareness and funds for more than 10 million people affected by the Sahel food crisis. The film uses David Guetta and Usher’s hit song “Without You” as a soundtrack to tell the story of one family living on the outskirts of Niger’s capital, Niamey. The story is told through

What’s Your Method? is a blog series that offers a window into many of the contraceptive options for women and girls around the world. This blog was orignially published on Impatient Optimists. In July of 2012, a pledge was made to support the rights of women and girls to decide freely and for themselves whether, when and how many children they have.  Today more than 215 million women in the poorest countries in the world

Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S.47). This was not only a victory for women, but also girls around the world. The act included language requiring U.S. leaders to develop a strategy to prevent child marriage in developing countries. “For years, I have been working to protect young girls, even pre-teen girls, in poor countries from being forced to marry, forced into sex, and forced into lives

This letter is directed to state legislators in Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Washington. Dear State Elected Official: I’m writing to express my great concern for a pending piece of legislation and my need for your help in defeating it. The state legislature may soon be wasting valuable time taking up a bill that takes on a nonexistent threat. Specifically, this bill concerns itself with Agenda 21, a two decade-old nonbinding