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	<title>Conversations for a Better World &#187; World Contraception Day</title>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: Family Planning is More Than Smart Economics</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-family-planning-is-more-than-smart-economics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Sheffield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jill Sheffield, President of Women Deliver and Elisabeth van der Steenhoven, Director of WO=MEN, a network of organizations promoting gender equality in the Netherlands In just a few weeks, the world’s population will surpass seven billion. This intimidating figure should be a critical reminder to all of us—especially advocates and donor countries—of a promise we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: The Importance of Educating Young Women</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-the-importance-of-educating-young-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ismail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Saba Ismail, one of the Women Deliver 100 Young Leaders and program manager of the “Sahailee Hotline” In Pakistan, talking about sexual and reproductive health, sexuality and contraception is considered taboo. The truth is, Pakistan is a conservative country and the people here have feudal norms and culture.  Young people cannot talk about contraception nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: Let’s Use Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-let%e2%80%99s-use-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NWAGBARA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism 3.0]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: BridgetAkudo Nwagbara, Chair of the Youth Health Workers Advocates, Nigeria – MNCH Social media has revolutionized the way people across the globe interact with one another. At the recent, the Social Good Summit, initiatives like Shot@Life, which was launched with the intent to leverage online communities to deliver health care to marginalized and vulnerable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: Silence is Damaging</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-silence-is-damaging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsiaro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Hasinihaja Tsiaro Barijaona Raharison, one of the Women Deliver 100 Young Leaders and an Oxfam Action Partner In Madagascar, there remains a lack of information about contraception. Myths and misconceptions surrounding contraceptive use are common among young people, and confusion and ignorance has led to incorrect or low use of modern contraceptive methods and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day is For Women’s Rights, But It’s For the Environment, Too</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-is-for-women%e2%80%99s-rights-but-it%e2%80%99s-for-the-environment-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Cernansky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Rachel Cernansky, blogger at Treehugger.com and winner of the Women Bloggers Deliver contest; excerpted from the original post at Treehugger.com The connection between increased access to family planning and greenhouse gas emissions has been covered here before, but since World Contraception Day was this week and we&#8217;re still so far from where we need to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: “Hombres y mujeres jóvenes y el acceso a anticonceptivos”?</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/conversations-for-a-better-world-%e2%80%9chombres-y-mujeres-jovenes-y-el-acceso-a-anticonceptivos%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>YFlores</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[¿Cuál es la diferencia del aprendizaje sobre métodos anticonceptivos y el acceso a ellos entre hombres y mujeres jóvenes? ¿Por qué? Por: Yunuén Flores, Directora del Programa de Géneroy una delas mujeres dan los 100 Jóvenes Líderes Soy joven, mujer y activista y aún más, vivo en un país latinoamericano: México. Soy parte de una cultura patriarcal, machista, religiosa y llena de tabúes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: We Were Fifteen</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-we-were-fifteen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarikoRasmussen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Mariko Rasmussen, public health student at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in Reproductive and Family Health. They say kids in Los Angeles grow up fast. Sitting across from a girlfriend over lunch the summer after my sophomore year of high school, I learned there could be truth in this statement. Following a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: That Is Not the Life I Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-that-is-not-the-life-i-wanted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-that-is-not-the-life-i-wanted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NWAGBARA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: BridgetAkudo Nwagbara, Chair of the Youth Health Workers Advocates, Nigeria &#8211; MNCH “I had a dream to be the best that I can at anything I want to be….I couldn’t because I became a mother at 15 years. I never wanted the baby. Now, I have to cope with the demands of being a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: Young Girls Don’t Ask “Improper” Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-young-girls-don%e2%80%99t-ask-%e2%80%9cimproper%e2%80%9d-questions-by-dalia-al-eryani/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dalia Al-Eryani</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Dalia Al-Eryani, one of the Women Deliver 100 Young Leaders A little over a year ago, I was working to raise awareness regarding the safe age of marriage in a small rural village in the mountains of Yemen. One of our biggest supporters was, Fatima, an old woman from the community who hosted our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today is World Contraception Day: Live Your Life and Know Your Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/today-is-world-contraception-day-live-your-life-and-know-your-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janna Oberdorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Janna Oberdorf, Director of Communications and Outreach at Women Deliver Happy World Contraception Day! If you haven’t heard of World Contraception Day, welcome, get excited, and tune in. The theme this year is “Live your life, know your rights. Learn about contraception.” It’s a pretty simple slogan but it has a powerful implication. Young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: Let’s Talk About Young People and Contraception</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-young-people-and-contraception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janna Oberdorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Janna Oberdorf, Director of Communications and Outreach at Women Deliver Young people and contraception can be a tricky topic – for some reason, the idea that young people should have power over their sexuality and their reproductive health can be scary for decision-makers and people in power. But, when young people are able to [...]]]></description>
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