Features, analysis and in-depth reporting on women and girls’ issues – including health, education and conflict – as well as the people and groups working toward solutions. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/series/choice-and-change/rss en Health Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:59:06 +0000 Sreya Banerjee and Olivier Le Hellard https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/12/09/video-inside-one-indias-mass-sterilization-camps https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/12/09/video-inside-one-indias-mass-sterilization-camps In the final video in our series “Choice and Change,” we follow a young Indian mother as she undergoes sterilization surgery in a state-sponsored clinic. The procedure is free so, for many women in the country, it’s the only contraception they can afford. Health Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:04:46 +0000 Sunshine Lichauco de Leon and Jan Cabanos https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/11/28/video-religion-law-teen-pregnancy-philippines https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/11/28/video-religion-law-teen-pregnancy-philippines Continuing our “Choice and Change” series, we go to the Philippines and meet 15-year-old May Sanchez, who is expecting her second child. Despite laws aimed at increasing access to birth control, girls like Sanchez often learn about contraception when it’s too late. Health Thu, 10 Nov 2016 05:00:45 +0000 William Davies https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/11/10/video-doctor-wants-kenyan-men-learn-love-vasectomies https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/11/10/video-doctor-wants-kenyan-men-learn-love-vasectomies As part of our “Choice and Change” series, we meet Dr. Charles Ochieng, who is on a mission to encourage more Kenyan men to have vasectomies and take an active role in family planning. And often that means busting myths about exploding testicles and frozen sperm. Health Reproductive Rights Thu, 27 Oct 2016 10:45:22 +0000 Nadia Sussman https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/10/27/women-brazil-face-barriers-birth-control-spite-zika https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/10/27/women-brazil-face-barriers-birth-control-spite-zika As Brazil copes with an ongoing outbreak of the Zika virus, women still face barriers to accessing their preferred method of birth control. Reproductive Rights Solutions Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:00:32 +0000 William Davies https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/10/20/video-tuk-tuks-two-tents-bring-health-services-ugandas-slums https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/10/20/video-tuk-tuks-two-tents-bring-health-services-ugandas-slums Our video series “Choice and Change” continues with a look at an innovative way to get family planning services to the women in Uganda’s overcrowded slums: tuk tuks loaded with sexual health supplies. Health Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:20:19 +0000 Maho Irigoyen and David von Blohn https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/10/13/video-breaking-barriers-stand-family-planning https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/10/13/video-breaking-barriers-stand-family-planning In the next video in our series “Choice and Change,” we meet Indigenous Guatemalan Lucy Cutzan, who defied cultural norms to go on birth control. Now she helps other women, tackling myths and raising awareness about contraception. Reproductive Rights Solutions Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:04:18 +0000 William Davies https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/10/06/video-island-survives-thanks-smaller-families https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/10/06/video-island-survives-thanks-smaller-families In the first video of our series “Choice and Change,” which takes a closer look at family planning in the developing world, we visit an island on Lake Victoria where a radical project combining contraception and conservation has helped save a community.