And i want to take a look at your focus on section, and it is all about design this week. You take a look at zambias diva centers. What are they . Ellen they are small storelike places that were set up by an ngo with the help of idea. Org. And they are meant to bring young women in and explain to them about Birth Control. Turns out so many young people in zambia get pregnant. They dont really have enough information about Birth Control. The way they are reaching them is by doing things like padding and putting on nail polish and a way of making it an easier conversation. They are doing it in urban areas and they are finding it is really working. David 30 of women under the age of 18 get pregnant, and that is astonishing. How did they come up with this idea to do it this way . They could have gone just on a campaign of information. How did this idea come about . Ellen they realized what they were doing when they said we want to talk about reproductive planning, they did not want to talk
And i want to take a look at your focus on section, and it is all about design this week. You take a look at zambias diva centers. What are they . Ellen they are small storelike places that were set up by an ngo with the help of idea. Org. And they are meant to bring young women in and explain to them about Birth Control. Turns out so many young people in zambia get pregnant. They dont really have enough information about Birth Control. The way they are reaching them is by doing things like padding and putting on nail polish and a way of making it an easier conversation. They are doing it in urban areas and they are finding it is really working. David 30 of women under the age of 18 get pregnant, and that is astonishing. How did they come up with this idea to do it this way . They could have gone just on a campaign of information. How did this idea come about . Ellen they realized what they were doing when they said we want to talk about reproductive planning, they did not want to talk
When people experience inequality, they experience it as like a personal problem that they individually need to fix rather than a social problem that needs to be solved together. So if we could achieve this fundamental shift and outlook so that people didnt think where they ended up with solely just from their own actions but actually were so heavily influenced by all the social forces that are around them that would change the world. That would lead people to demand policies that provide security for families and if we did that i think we would all worry less than three more. [applause] and with that and a huge, huge applause and congratulations for such work to mary anne this meeting of the Commonwealth Club and forum is adjourned. Thank you. Host hello dr. Caleb scharf its wonderful here to have you. I found your book fascinating and a terrific read and im thrilled to be here. The great thing is i get to about get to ask you about some Big Questions that most people would not dare t
Host hello, or scharf. It is wonderful to have you here today. I found your book fascinating. It was a terrific read and i am thrilled to be here. You know, one of the great things about being here and talking to you is i get to ask you about the big questions. It questions that most people would not have to answer. That is the real fun of this book. So your book is called the copernicus complex. So maybe you could tell us what that is. Guest absolutely. Tanks, ingrid. So, the copernicus complex is really a phrase that is trying to capture one of the aspects of what i think is perhaps the biggest question we as a species can ask. And sometimes we ask it nonscientific way. The book is really about the scientific question of whether or not we are alone in the universe. Title the copernicus complex is the way we feel about ourselves and a complex that we carry around with us that on the one hand from copernicus we learned that we are not central, not special in any way and that idea has p
To get around the bay area as a see these vehicles here trying to get other cars to move over. But it is not something that will happen quickly given the mob vehicles of the are stop right there on a bridge. Again westbound lanes of the cemetery bridge close right now con oil Law Enforcement there back up try and help comes it help the situation traffic snarled for a while on west on land of the san mateo bridge. These pictures here is the pan over back to seen the demonstrators are staging . Reporter some protesters detained by police. Their hands behind your back the situation pam we will continue to follow as weekend along of the illustrations here to have with sematech abridge shutting on traffic west on land again will stand top of this one. Pam as gramm mentioned several the demonstrations are the bay area in the survey on the rev. Dr. Martin luther king jr. Holiday pictures from hulk of the partnership with abc seven. One gathering leaving barred the close coliseums station in o