ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & RIGHTS CURRICULUM

Aspen Institute New Voices Fellows developed a toolkit to equip trusted partners such as teachers, religious leaders and youth advocates with better knowledge and teaching techniques. The toolkit follows a rights-based approach to sexual health, and is designed for use in settings with limited internet access or low literacy levels.

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New Voices Senior Fellow Receives 2021 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

Congratulations to New Voices Senior Fellow Ndidi Nwuneli for receiving Harvard Business School’s Alumni Achievement Award! As HBS’s highest honor, this award recognizes distinguished graduates who have contributed significantly to their communities while upholding the highest standards and values in all they do. As a Senior Fellow, not only has Ndidi authored a book on …

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The Sheer Joy of Caring for Orphans, Needy Children

BY: Lilys Njeru – Roseline Orwa, 46, is a childless widow and the founder of Rona Widows and Orphans Centre in Bondo, Siaya County. She lives with 27 children. If you asked Roseline to sum up her life into a song, she would have Eunice Ogoma’s song “Nyasaye Marahuma” on replay. “It’s a Dholuo song …

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The Controversy Over Vaccination Passports

BY: Minda Dentler – To the Editor: I am a polio survivor, and my legs are paralyzed because I did not have access to the polio vaccine when I was an infant in India in the late 1970s. As an immunization advocate, I am hopeful that an approach like encouraging the use of vaccine passports …

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Aspen Institute’s Prolific New Voices Senior Fellows

Here’s the list of their writing in 2020 Many of our Senior Fellows (alumni) continue to publish articles well after their fellowship year. Here are their 322 pieces from 2020! 2013 Fellowship Cohort 1. Kennedy Odede wrote for Daily Nation, “Chance to avert disaster in urban slums.” 2. Kennedy Odede wrote for the Guardian, “’We’re …

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