“In the U.N. they don't like to deal with sensitive issues ... but the U.N. provides a forum which allows for dialog and debate and [coming] to agreement in the end on these many difficult issues.”
Nafis Sadik
Around the world, girls and women continue to suffer from a lack of economic opportunity, inadequate health care and education, early marriage, sexual violence, and discrimination.
The good news is that empowering girls and women yields undeniable returns — for everyone in the community.
By focusing on girls and women, innovative businesses and organizations can spur economic progress, expand markets, and improve health and education outcomes for everyone.
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Ending HIV/AIDS in the United States
I know that if we can change a room, we can change the District. If we can change the District, we can change the United States. And if we can change the United States, my goodness, we can change the world.
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Business Process Outsourcing Takes on Global Poverty
While international aid for economic development often fails, business has the potential to bring millions of people out poverty. For no enterprise is this more true than the unsung $300 billion industry called Business Process Outsourcing.
Debate
Forum 2013
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Mobile Afghanistan: How a National Telecom Network Delivers Social Goods
Investing in the future of Afghanistan has been crucial to the success of our business. In 2003, most Afghans did not have access to a mobile phone. Today Roshan serves more than 6.5 million customers. Through our nationwide network we provide mobile telecom access to 21.5 million Afghans (71 percent of the population).
Debate
Forum 2013
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A Healthcare Vision for Nigeria
We have outlined a vision for the Nigerian health sector that focuses on the ultimate goal of all healthcare activities—saving lives. Given the size of our population and the prevalence of preventable diseases, it is clearly possible to save at least one million lives over the next three years by expanding access to well-known, cost-effective interventions.
Debate
Forum 2013
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How to Win the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Scientific advances and their successful implementation have brought the world to a tipping point in the fight against AIDS. By expanding coverage of core HIV prevention and treatment services while maintaining the quality of those services, we will continue to drive down new HIV infections and sustain the lives of those already infected.
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Skoll Original
Exclusive: Excerpt from However Long the Night by Aimee Molloy
In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa.
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Delivery Starts with Women
Consider the case of Meeta, a young woman from Madhopur, India. For her, the ability to exercise her right to quality healthcare was powerfully constrained by inequitable gender norms that limited her freedom and life choices.
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Taking on the Ancestors
The Daily Beast
Molly Melching’s quest to end female genital cutting, one village at a time. An excerpt from However Long the Night.
Molly Melching’s quest to end female genital cutting, one village at a time. An excerpt from However Long the Night.
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Tina Brown's Must Reads: Women Vs. The World
NPR
Brown's final offering this month is an excerpt from a book telling the story of Molly Melching, an American foreign-service worker who moved to Senegal and fell in love with the West African country. Brown describes Melching, who has become a fierce activist in the battle to prevent female genital mutilation in Senegal, as a personal heroine.
Brown's final offering this month is an excerpt from a book telling the story of Molly Melching, an American foreign-service worker who moved to Senegal and fell in love with the West African country. Brown describes Melching, who has become a fierce activist in the battle to prevent female genital mutilation in Senegal, as a personal heroine.
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Forum 2013
Forum 2013
Global Change Starts with Girls
A healthy, educated, empowered adolescent girl has the unique potential to break the cycle of poverty. She is likely to have fewer and healthier children and earn higher wages to support her family and drive economic growth. All of this promotes more productive and stable communities and countries – enhancing global prosperity and security and benefiting us all.
