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La dignidad cruzó muros: la historia de Keren y las mujeres que abrieron paso a la menstruación libre en la prisión de Tlaxcala

Paola Chavely Torres Nahuatlato

June 23, 2025 |

Escenario Tlaxcala |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

En el Centro de Reinserción Social Femenil, un programa de intervención con muchas alianzas transformó la experiencia menstrual de mujeres privadas de la libertad: Voluntarias educadoras menstruales permitieron brindar conocimientos técnicos, perspectivas de género, y nuevos suministros para que las mujeres privadas de la libertad y las custodias que protegen su seguridad tuvieran mayor sensibilidad cuando se habla de gestión menstrual.

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Lo que quedó del plan que redujo los embarazos adolescentes al 50% y fue desmantelado por el gobierno de Milei

Julieta Galera

May 29, 2025 |

elDiarioAR |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina

El Plan ENIA fue una estrategia intersectorial impulsada por el Estado argentino entre 2017 y 2024 para reducir el embarazo no intencional en la adolescencia a través de educación sexual integral, distribución gratuita de métodos anticonceptivos y asesorías de salud en escuelas, logrando como principal impacto una reducción del 50% en los embarazos adolescentes en las zonas donde fue implementado. Tras el cambio de gestión y el recorte de fondos, el plan fue interrumpido, forzando adaptaciones locales y fallas en la provisión.

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Las voces que faltan

Diana Anzora, Lisbeth Ayala

May 21, 2025 |

Revista Elementos |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: El Salvador

Lideresas indígenas—desde sus comunidades: los pueblos Lenca, Kakawira y Nahua-Pipil—decidieron organizarse y crear el Observatorio Nacional Sijsihuat Mejmetzaly, donde están aprendiendo a levantar datos desde sus propias realidades. Juntos, por la primera vez, han comenzado a nombrar las múltiples violencias que atraviesan a las mujeres indígenas en El Salvador.

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Abiye: Ondo's Community-Based Model for Maternal and Child Care Encounters Setbacks

Abdulwasiu Mujeeb

May 19, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Akure, Ondo

The Abiye Project registered over 20,000 pregnant women using a community-based model to ensure they receive proper healthcare. The program connected women with trained health rangers who served as liaisons with traditional birth attendants (TBAs). When TBAs’ resistance stalled the program, the government introduced financial incentives, paying them for each patient referral, leading to more hospital births and a reduced child and maternal mortality rate.

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The Screenings Saving Lives in Rural Guatemala

Stephanie Capper

May 07, 2025 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Guatemala

The Nursing Heart mobile cervical cancer screening clinic uses visual inspection with an acetic acid (VIA) screening method to make cancer screening simpler and more affordable. Since 2011, the clinic has performed more than 4,000 mobile cancer screenings in more than 40 rural Guatemalan communities.

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Baby Saver boxes: Lifelines to moms or criminal tools?

Mia Malan, Jessica Pitchford, Yolanda Mdzeke, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Thatego Mashabela, Justin Barlow

April 30, 2025 |

Bhekisisa |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

Baby Savers allow mothers to place their babies for adoption anonymously. The box is monitored, and once a baby is received, social workers are notified to help organize housing and care. Many mothers and advocates see this as life-saving care, though many others are critical of the boxes, and they don’t have support from local government agencies. Despite that, some Savers have been open for over 20 years, taking in thousands of babies over the years.

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In the state with the most C-sections, these hospitals are challenging the status quo

Sophia Paffenroth, Erica Hensley

February 19, 2025 |

Mississippi Today |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alabama

Three hospitals throughout Mississippi rank at the top for having the lowest number of C-sections in first-time, full-term pregnancies. The hospitals achieved this by making midwife care a regular part of the birthing experience, despite not having a midwifery certification program in the state.

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How to have better sex

Myra Anubi

February 18, 2025 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

In an effort to combat cultural stigma, misinformation and harmful behaviors, several groups and individuals are emerging to teach women about sexual health, pleasure and overall wellness, particularly in rural areas where information is sparse.

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NC addiction treatment programs partner to reduce maternal deaths from substance use

Rachel Crumpler

January 09, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Holy See (Vatican City State), North Carolina

Six programs throughout the state, including the SUN Project and Project CARA, are working to provide support to pregnant mothers navigating a substance use disorder. With support from the North Carolina Perinatal Substance Use Disorder Network, the programs share best practices for treating perinatal substance use and expand access to treatment. Project CARA alone serves more than 200 patients each year.

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In Yemen's Refugee Camps, Midwives Fight to Ensure Safe Deliveries

Osama al-Saba'i

December 13, 2024 |

More to Her Story |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Yemen, Marib

In displacement camps where medical care is scarce, community midwives are working against the odds to provide safe OB-GYN care and deliveries. An individual midwife can see anywhere from 18 to 50 women a month who struggle to access basic maternal health services.

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