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Contact:
Linda Suttenfield, Director of Communications
Pathfinder International
9 Galen St., Suite 217
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617 955 2422
lsuttenfield@pathfind.org
www.pathfind.org

Olympic Gold-Medalist Hannah Kearney Supports Pathfinder International's Girl2Woman Challenge; Encourages Action this International Women’s Day

Watertown, MA—March 5, 2010—Hannah Kearney, Olympic gold-medalist freestyle skier and New England native,  is encouraging support for Boston-based Pathfinder International’s Girl2Woman Challenge this International Women’s Day.

Ms. Kearney said, “When it comes to your body, everyone deserves the freedom to access reproductive health care and not be judged no matter where in the world they live. It should be a right to have the services you need to stay healthy, that’s why I think the Girl2Woman challenge is so great.”

Pathfinder’s Girl2Woman challenge is to reach 200,000 video shares on the www.Girl2Woman.org website by International Women’s Day to raise awareness about the 200 million women who want , but lack access to, modern contraceptives. Every video shared on the site raises $1 for critical reproductive health care for women in the developing world.

“I hope everyone will take a minute to visit the site and share—with friends, on Facebook, wherever you can. This is such an important issue, and Girl2Woman.org offers a great opportunity for all of us to take action together,” Ms. Kearney said.

Pathfinder International’s challenge does not stop at International Women’s Day. The ultimate goal is to reach 1 million shares and raise $1 million to support sexual and reproductive health care in the more than 25 countries where Pathfinder works.

Pathfinder International’s mission is to ensure that people everywhere have the right and opportunity to live a healthy reproductive life. In more than 25 countries, Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder strives to strengthen access to family planning, ensure availability of safe abortion services, advocate for sound reproductive health policies, and, through all of our work, improve the rights and lives of the people we serve.

To learn more, please contact Linda Suttenfield, Director of Communications lsuttenfield@pathfind,org  or 617-955-2422.

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Jaime-Alexis Fowler, MA

Online and New Media Editor

Pathfinder International
Nine Galen St., Suite 217
Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Phone: (617) 924-7200 x204
Web: www.pathfind.org
Email: jfowler@pathfind.org

For more than 50 years, Pathfinder International has changed and saved the lives of women and their families throughout the developing world by increasing access to quality reproductive health services.