4 Steps to Empowering Women Everywhere: A Lesson From Venezuela
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Getting access to birth control — or any reproductive healthcare in a country in shambles — is harder than you can imagine. And that is especially true for families that live hand to mouth. But nothing is impossible, especially when there’s good will and a great team. Turimiquire Foundation has been able to help low-income women in northeastern Venezuela get better access to family planning as well as education and sustainable livelihoods. Steven Bloomstein, the co-founder, president, and only man in a fully women-run organization, talks about the needs of Venezuelan women and the global fight for women’s empowerment.  
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