Blog posts by Education For Choice: 2010

Farewell from Education For Choice

by Education For Choice // 30 April 2010, 17:30

I’ve lobbied my MP, I’ve waved placards, I’ve donated money. I’ve argued with my friends, my colleagues, with strangers. I’ve shouted into a megaphone. On one memorable occasion I carried a flaming torch around Bloomsbury. I’ll go a long way...

What does the election mean for reproductive rights?

by Education For Choice // 30 April 2010, 11:32

Is there a straightforward answer to this? Not really. There’s certainly no consensus in the EFC office about how anyone should vote, because the future of reproductive rights in this country (obviously only one of the many things we care...

Abortion: A Polish Perspective

by Education For Choice // 29 April 2010, 11:52

I was 12 years old when the abortion law in Poland was severely restricted. At that time I was not aware that the politicians were deciding about the lives of thousands of women, including mine. Later I read that thousands...

Crisis Pregnancy Centres: Counselling or Coercion?

by Education For Choice // 26 April 2010, 14:24

What has Austin, Texas done for you lately? Okay, if you’re a music fan, a lot, but whether or not you made it to the SXSW festival this year, you can thank them for being the second major US city...

First Cadburys then EFC - another foreign takeover?

by Education For Choice // 14 April 2010, 14:58

Seventy five per cent of the workforce at EFC are not British citizens (admittedly there are only four of us). Does it matter? No - you pick the best people for the job and we’ve got a brilliant team here....

Happy Birthday Wendy

by Education For Choice // 13 April 2010, 10:01

Wendy Savage is a Patron of Education For Choice and had a big birthday yesterday (it’s not for me to say how big, but let’s just say it’s a few years since she officially retired). I’d like everyone to raise...

Jennifer is a Trainer and Project Coordinator at Education For Choice, which is guest blogging all this month. My teenage years were spent in the Midwestern American city of Milwaukee. I keenly felt the effects of a lack of sex...

Reading, Writing . . . Anti-Choice Rhetoric?

by Education For Choice // 6 April 2010, 13:13

Kate Gilbert is Projects Manager at Education For Choice, the organisation guest blogging all this month. “We’re not going back in there.” The students standing in front of me, 16 and terrified, have just been subjected to a presentation by...

Reclaiming The F-Word

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