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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

One would have to walk six hours from the nearest road to reach a rural Oaxacan community of the Sierra Mixteca. Few outside resources or government health services are available to these isolated communities. Indigenous women have no access to current health resources and have little information on their body's reproductive system or their right to protect it. They are routinely subjected to sterilization without being offered alternative birth control.

Activities

In a year-long program 85 indigenous women will learn about basic health education and human right including: how to exercise their right to protect their bodies and not be violated; general female anatomy; reproductive health; and family planning.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $269

Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $269as of Jun 09 2004.  The original project funding goal was $18,700.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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