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Shegitu, a health extension worker trained by the EPHA, facilitates a conversation on family planning at Buture Health Post | Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment Around the world, health advocates, care providers, and researchers are working to expand access to quality contraception and safe abortion because they understand that the ability to choose whether … Continued
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Growing up in Côte d’Ivoire, Fanta Touré remembers feeling troubled by the inequality she saw in her community. She was able to go to school and questioned why other girls her age could not. Fanta’s upbringing and passion for equality drove her to create substantive change in communities like the one she grew up in. … Continued
Advocates. Educators. Entrepreneurs. Health care providers. Community leaders. Women are tackling the world’s toughest problems with fierceness and fortitude, at times putting their bodies and safety at risk, to make positive change and push for a more equitable world. This International Women’s Day, we celebrate women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements and honor their … Continued
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Today, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Getty Images released more than 150 high-quality editorial images celebrating the power and vibrancy of women and youth in Rwanda. As part of the Images of Empowerment collection, these new images are available free of charge for non-commercial use. The new Rwanda collection of photographs can be … Continued
As individuals around the world celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, they can use powerful, positive photographs from Getty Images that show women’s lives and their work in eleven countries. The newly expanded Images of Empowerment collection, created by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, features 2,000 … Continued
Dr. Yasmeen Qazi is the Senior Country Advisor for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Population and Reproductive Health program in Pakistan, a position she has held for over 15 years. As the Foundation’s grantmaking in Pakistan comes to a close in 2020, Dr. Qazi reflects on the challenges and successes of the past two … Continued
Every woman and girl—no matter where she lives in the world—has the right to live with dignity and have a voice in decisions that affect her body and her life.
An innovative program helps young adults educate their peers about the benefits of delaying marriage and childbirth. The vibrant Amhara region of Ethiopia is rich in cultural history and tradition. For decades, girls in the region followed tradition and married in their early teens, and as a result, missed opportunities for higher education. Abeba Bello … Continued
When sixteen year-old Addisu (not her real name) finished eighth grade at her village school in the Moretina Jiru woreda (district) of Ethiopia, she wanted to go to high school, but the closest one was several miles away. Her parents, struggling to raise five other children, could not afford to rent her a room near the school, … Continued
In 2015, the Packard Foundation provided funding to Population Action International (PAI) to help launch a new project called QUEST, which stands for Quality Upheld, Every Service, Every Time, and the project reflects our deep commitment to improve the quality of comprehensive sexuality education, voluntary contraception, and abortion care. As part of this project, PAI is working in … Continued
