Helena Minchew

Helena supports IWHC’s U.S. foreign policy portfolio through working with a number of technical and advocacy coalitions, including as a co-chair of Girls Not Brides USA, and helps to define IWHC’s engagement with members of Congress and administration officials. Helena also contributes toward achieving IWHC’s advocacy objectives for sexual and reproductive health and rights at the international level, having represented IWHC at the U.N. in New York, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Geneva, Switzerland.

Latest Articles

Opinion: Could looming foreign assistance cuts be the end for the US global empowerment strategy for girls?

almost 9 years ago // The future of US aid

One year ago, the U.S. rolled out a global empowerment strategy for adolescent girls. With deep cuts to the foreign assistance budget looming, four Girls Not Brides co-chairs ask: What happens next?

Bringing girls into the data revolution

about 9 years ago // International Day of the Girl Child

This year's celebration of the International Day of the Girl highlights the importance of sex-disaggregated data. In this commentary, Helena Minchew of the International Women's Health Coalition explains that detailed, qualitative information can inform projects that can be life-changing for girls, and we shouldn’t underestimate its value.

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