The Funders Network

"Those of us who care about women's health and rights have long lamented the diminishing U.S. government support for reproductive health, both for those in this country and for the millions around the world whose lives depend on our assistance. But maybe there is a way that we can help turn things around: by joining together the now-separate efforts of the international and domestic reproductive-rights fields..."

"Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others."

Testimonies from an October 31, House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing entitled "The Mexico City Policy/Global Gag Rule: Its Impact on Family Planning and Reproductive Health."  Witnesses included: Duff Gillespie, PhD (former Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Global Health Bureau at USAID; Ejike Oji, MD (Country Director, Ipas-Nigeria); and Joana Nerquaye-Tetteh, PhD (former Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana).

"How Bill Clinton, Ira Magaziner, and a team of management consultants are creating new markets, reinventing philanthropy, and trying to save the world."

"A recent study of four abstinence education programs, conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., finds that the programs had no effect on the sexual abstinence of youth."

"The software mogul Tim Gill has a mission: Stop the Rick Santorums of tomorrow before they get started. How a network of gay political donors is stealthily fighting sexual discrimination and reshaping American politics."

For anti-abortion activists, the claim abortion hurts women is a strategy with distinct advantages. But is there such a syndrome?

An international examination of the state of sexual and reproductive health.

"If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, it will set off tectonic shifts in the American political landscape not seen since the civil-rights movement, or perhaps even the Civil War."

"Schools and health care providers should encourage abstinence as an important option for teenagers. 'Abstinence-only' as a basis for health policy and programs should be abandoned."

"HIV/AIDS as a surrogate for every international issue of women's health"