What’s the next big step we can take to improve where we’ve fallen short of our goals on women’s empowerment?
It may be controversial — but the solution is to put more effort into promoting contraception, says Leith Greenslade, vice chair of the Office of the U.N. Special Envoy for Financing the Health MDGs, who sat down for a video interview with Devex Impact reporter Adva Saldinger in New York.
Click on the above video to lean more insights from Greenslade, including why the private sector shouldn’t keep quiet anymore on family planning.
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Carlos Santamaria
Carlos is a former associate editor for breaking news in Devex's Manila-based news team. He joined Devex after a decade working for international wire services Reuters, AP, Xinhua, EFE ,and Philippine social news network Rappler in Madrid, Beijing, Manila, New York, and Bangkok. During that time, he also covered natural disasters on the ground in Myanmar and Japan.
