Info ladies are women trained to deliver internet connection on bicycles. They go to Bangladesh’s rural areas with a computer, a printer, a camera and offer their services. It can be Skyping with a husband who works abroad, chatting with friends on Facebook, filling out a school application online. Some of their services cost a…

The new report State of World Population issued by the UN Population Fund points out that 222 million women in developing countries do not have the kind of family planning they need. The report not only states that family planning provides “immeasurable” benefits to women, families and communities, it also says that “family planning has…

Encinitas is a small coastal town south of Los Angeles. Its school district received a half million dollar grant from a local yoga foundation to teach yoga in schools along with healthy eating and the cultivation of small gardens. The twice weekly exercises were adapted for younger participants and no Sanskrit words are being used.…