Nancy Northup saw “unbelievable” support at the women’s marches in the United States and in Poland in 2016 in response to a controversial proposal to ban abortion. She leads the Center for Reproductive Rights and is hopeful because of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt that protects access to…
Kalpana Krishnamurthy is a senior policy director at Forward Together where she sees multiracial and multi-generational families advocating together for reproductive and social justice. She is most excited about the response to art. She’s seeing “the creation of beautiful art that is sharing the values we’re holding in the moment,” whether it’s art to protect…
Latanya Mapp Frett, who runs Planned Parenthood’s global programs, saw the spirit of solidarity in women’s marches in Ghana, Burkina Faso, India, and the United Kingdom. She says people around the world understand that women’s access to reproductive health services is connected to their education, ability to earn income, and ultimately to social and economic…
EngenderHealth’s Ulla Müller sees men and women standing up and together to protect and promote women’s rights. Müller says the reinstated Mexico City Policy banning U.S. aid to international organizations that provide any abortion counseling or services with funding from other sources means “women will die” because “access to choice and to contraception is life-saving.” …
Planned Parenthood’s Dawn Laguens, along with the organization’s staff and volunteers, are motivated every day by the people they serve. Laguens says they are there for the Americans who rely on Planned Parenthood’s information and services as they try to build their families, make their careers, and achieve their dreams.
Rachel Gold, of the Guttmacher Institute, says data brings a “substantive foundation” to debates and reflects the reality of people’s lives. And she sees students, the media, policymakers, and increasingly the business community, using data and evidence to connect what people see in their own lives “to the larger story and the larger dimension of…
Women’s health, reproductive rights, and economic opportunities are front page news. They’re at the heart of debates over whether to roll back the Affordable Care Act’s broad coverage of birth control, restrict government reimbursement for services provided by Planned Parenthood, provide paid family leave, and expand child care options. And women around the world will…
The people Jessica González-Rojas works with along the Rio Grande in Texas are not defined by one issue. Reproductive justice, immigration, access to health and child care, LGBTQ rights, the environment and socioeconomic policy are connected and affect their daily lives. The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health that González-Rojas runs helps Latina leaders and…
On March 8, people around the world celebrate International Women’s Day with events about gender equity in Ghana, free museum entry for women in Italy, and “A Day Without a Woman” strikes in the United States and beyond. Part of this year’s theme is women in the changing world of work. While much has changed since the…
Stuart Butler, a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, is no stranger to working across the political spectrum on complex issues. Previously, he spent 35 years at the Heritage Foundation as director of the Center for Policy Innovation and vice president for Domestic and Economic Policy Studies. He has worked with lawmakers and…