Marielle Schweickart

Marielle Schweickart

Marielle Schweickart is a 2015-2016 Global Health Corps Fellow, serving as a communications and development specialist at Marie Stopes International. Currently based in Washington, D.C., she previously worked with development organizations in East Africa focusing on water, sanitation and hygiene solutions and reproductive health in underserved communities.

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A call to invest in girls

A call to invest in girls

over 9 years ago // World Population Day

With this alarming youth bulge, it is no surprise that the theme of World Population Day 2016 is, "Investing in teenage girls." Global Health Corps Fellows Dinnah Nabwire and Marielle Schweickart explore why we need to position girls from marginalized settings at the center of debates to provide sustainable sexual and reproductive health access and rights.