Stories & Perspectives
After COP26: Keep Amplifying the Connections Between Climate, Gender, and Health
What is COP26? The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties – also known as COP26 – took place…
Sashakt: Empowerment – and strength – for marginalized adolescents to take control of their reproductive health
In Hindi, the meaning of Sashakt is “Empowerment,” and it connotes strength. That’s exactly what Pathfinder’s Sashakt program did: empowered adolescents…
A Day in The Life: Two Youth Advocates Discuss Advocacy, Reproductive Health, and Making a Difference
Every day, millions of people are denied the right to decide whether and when to have children. Girls in 117 countries…
Looking Inward: Developing an Evidence-Based Gender Equity Strategy at Pathfinder
A nongovernmental organization (NGO) working to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and positively shift gender norms through…
Language Matters: Reimagining Communications in Global Health
A growing number of organizations are examining their values, practices, and language, and I am thankful that some of them…
World Contraception Day: Celebrating Free Contraception in Côte d’Ivoire
From 2015 to 2020, in my native country of Côte d’Ivoire, modern contraception prevented 2.4 million unintended pregnancies, more than…
Small Box, Big Difference
How an intervention for newlyweds in Bangladesh is empowering young couples to take control of their reproductive lives Married as…
Ensuring Access to Contraception During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted essential health care worldwide, with deep impacts on sexual and reproductive health services. To ensure availability…
Pathfinder International Receives Nearly $10,000 worth of PPE Donation from Amazon
It felt really good that I could be a part of helping to keep my colleagues safe, that meant a…
This Condition Robs Over a Million Girls and Women of Their Dignity and Futures
Can you name it? Like too many girls in rural Ethiopia, Hawa’s future was not hers to choose. She never attended…
SMART Advocacy: Strengthening youth participation in advocating for improved adolescent and youth sexual reproductive health in Nigeria
With over 200 million people, half of whom are under the age of 24, Nigeria has a population that needs…
Uganda FPA: Youth Advocates Lead the way for Reproductive Health – International Youth Day 2021
At age 14, Sharon Ayebale became pregnant. Sharon had never learned about contraceptives and thought that family planning was only for…