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Offer: Grand Challenges family of grant programs / Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Deadlines: May 7th/June 7th, 2013 (11:30 PDT)

by anaisabelbbp | May 3, 2013 at 8:19 AM | Funding

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its funding partners in the Grand Challenges family of grant programs are currently inviting innovators to apply for three grant opportunities: … Read More»

I Love Contraceptives

by Maren | September 28, 2011 at 1:48 PM

At 19, I had my first blood clot. It collected in my right eye, and I nearly lost my vision. … Read More»

Birth Control with no co-pays is within reach in the U.S.

by Breese | July 27, 2011 at 12:29 PM

No co-pay birth control for millions of women in America is within reach. Right now, the Dept. … Read More»

Condoms and Compassion from America to Benin

by aminatt | June 24, 2010 at 12:39 PM

Ever since I began interning with Pathfinder International, a nonprofit organization that brings reproductive health services and information to people in developi … Read More»

The Pill Turns 50, but Has Yet to Go Global

by aminatt | May 11, 2010 at 9:51 AM

Social change, freedom, choice, control. Who would have thought a woman could get all that from a tiny, once-a-day pill? … Read More»

The Best Empowerment? Birth Control.

by Jaime-Alexis | August 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM

“I was bleeding and I wasn’t sure if I would lose the baby,” Margaret, a 50-something school teacher and grandmother in rural Kenya, said as she leaned forward to pass tea to me and the three other wo … Read More»