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Swedish sex education has time for games and mature debate

Sally Weale

June 05, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Sweden, Gnesta

The United Kingdom’s teen birthrate is as high as 19.7 births per 1,000 women; one contributing factor is that sex education is not a requirement and can span only a day. Gnesta in Sweden offers a four to five week course on comprehensive sex education with a curriculum that makes the topic enjoyable, informative, and sensitive. As a result, the teen birthrate is only 5.2 per 1,000.

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In Bangladesh, Grassroots Efforts to End Violence Against Women

Amy Yee

May 28, 2015 |

Voice of America (VOA) |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Division

A non-profit in Bangladesh is fighting domestic violence by having female and especially male Bangladeshi volunteers give sexual education and women's rights classes.

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The Common Sense Move That Reduced California's Teen Pregnancy Rate by 60 Percent

Chris Peak

April 14, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, California

A “comprehensive, medically accurate and age- and culturally-appropriate" sexual education model, rather than the popular abstinence-only one, has been the key element in California's huge reduction in rates of teen pregnancy.

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Catholic leaders battle against free birth control in the Philippines

Sonia Narang

January 22, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Philippines

In the Philipines, contraception has been hard to find resulting in many parents without money to feed their children, unsafe abortions, and poor maternal health. A new reproductive law aims to change this by allowing contraception in clinics to help women take control of their reproductive systems.

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Can teaching Kenyan girls to save money also save them from HIV?

Ellen Rolfes

December 01, 2014 |

PBS NewsHour |

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Response Location: Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi Area

For adolescent girls in Kenya, poverty increases the likelihood of sexual exploitation. The Safe and Smart Savings program at Zelyn Academy creates a “safe space," where girls can talk about two seemingly disparate — and often taboo — topics: smart savings and reproductive and sexual health, and help break the cycles of poverty and HIV/AIDS.

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Activists are trying to stop gang rape in India by talking about sex

Ankita Rao

October 29, 2014 |

Global Post |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

Sex ed is surprisingly awkward in the land of the Kama Sutra, but one foundation is trying to change that with a modern version of the program, all in an effort to stop gang rape.

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Colorado offered free birth control — and teen abortions fell by 42 percent

German Lopez

July 07, 2014 |

Vox |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Colorado has seen a dramatic decrease in teen pregnancy rates after a privately funded program worked to offer intrauterine devices (IUDs) at little or no cost to low-income women. The program, combined with other factors, is being partially credited with helping Colorado see a decrease in both teen birth rates and teen abortion rates, although funding is in jeopardy.

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New York City's Teen Pregnancy Rate Plummeted After High Schools Expanded Access To Plan B

Tara Culp-Ressler

February 04, 2013 |

ThinkProgress |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

From 2001 to 2011, New York City's teen pregnancy rate decreased by 27 percent as a result of increased access to contraceptives. Public schools started providing Plan B and condoms to students.

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