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Wendo Aszed

Healthy women help everyone rise—I've seen it in Kenya

(Credit: courtesy of Wendo Aszed)

In 2004, I went to the clinic for an appointment that would change my life. That day, I began using contraceptives.

I didn’t know it then, but this decision would set me on a path that would define my life for years to come. It was a choice that would help me pursue a career in banking, support my family, and even start my own nonprofit organization. It’s not an overstatement to say that family planning allowed me to prioritize my own health and create new economic opportunities for myself.

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