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In the coming decade, the affordable housing market could grow to more than a trillion U.S. dollars if families simply double the current level of annual consumption of housing products and services. This is a conservative estimate based on the current gap between need and supply, and the increasing...

Imagine having to ask your mother-in-law before being allowed to visit a doctor for a check-up. That’s often the case in rural India, where women don’t have the autonomy to make decisions about their own health, according to Dr. Minal Singh. “Women don’t have power in the home to make decisions...

What do CEMEX, one of the largest cement manufactures in the world, Terra Nova, a private company in Brazil that negotiates land rights for illegal urban squatters; BRAC, the world's largest NGO; and the Inter-American Development Bank all have in common? They are all powerful organizations that...

How mobile technology solutions are bringing affordable, quality health care to the most remote places in the world Is it possible to provide high quality, low-cost health care to the neediest populations living in remote places? The answer is yes — and it lies in technology. “Some of the greatest...

Last week we introduced the first in a series of interviews covering open source thinking over at Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), and today we're bringing you the second. Again moderated by two of our favorites, Roshan Paul and Alexa Clay, this week's interview is all about health care...

We in Hungary who are fighting for the freedom of an Ashoka Fellow Dr. Agnes Gereb, for the right of midwives to assist at homebirths and for the rights of Hungarian mothers' to fulfill their constitutional right to homebirth have been so fortunate to have Ashoka as our ally and friend. From the...

Managing any type of social enterprise is truly a tightrope act: you have to find this perfect balance between implementing effective programming, while also keeping yourself afloat administratively. Working with Lua Nova for the last six months has shown me the various strategies organizations in...

Barbara Grizzuti-Harrison said “Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.” I am quoting this statement because I love it and it reminds me of all the inspirational women in the Birthing Project USA. While I was flying from New Orleans to San Diego for...

My heart and mind are divided. I am now 8 months pregnant and on one hand, my body and soul are preparing for motherhood- with all of the ups and downs, worries and wonders of a (thankfully) low-risk pregnancy. On the other hand, I am trying to move forward with the original idea that I submitted to...