Clitoraid: Saving African Women One Clitoris at a time

One of our writers takes on Clitoraid. Perhaps you have heard of this organization that is onto a good cause, offering reconstructive surgery, but who's slogan is insulting to the women its sorts to help. It asks that you "adopt a clitoris." No, thank you. We'd rather not.

New aid; the change in development assistance to Africa

Change is afoot across the African continent and even where it is slow in coming, there's evidence all around of a new generation of Africans -- entrepreneurial and inventive who are shaping a brighter future for the their communities. Jacqueline Novogratz explains a new path to development assistance, one which leads only in facilitation, providing investment rather than traditional aid.


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