Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty JK Rowling condemns ‘voluntourism’ and its abuse of orphanages overseas. JK Rowling has condemned the concept of voluntourism and highlighted the myriad problems with working in orphanages abroad. The term voluntourism refers to the growing phenomenon of individuals travelling to developing countries to carry out volunteer work. In recent years, increasing concerns […]

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Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty Gates Foundation To Give Birth Control To 120 Million Women Worldwide By 2020. In 2012 she co-chaired a global summit, Family Planning 2020, that pledged to provide access to contraceptives to 120 million more women around the world by 2020. The effort is falling behind, and it is tougher than expected, she […]

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Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty U.S ends funding for United Nations Birth Control Program. The state department has announced it is ending US funding for the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), the international body’s agency focused on family planning as well as maternal and child health in more than 150 countries. The state department said it was […]

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