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The League of Extraordinary Women

Kathy Calvin

CEO, United Nations Foundation

At present, 215 million women lack safe contraception and the ability to plan a pregnancy. Thanks to the leadership of Calvin and others, the UN’s Universal Access Project harnesses the work of seven foundations to fundraise for international reproductive health and family planning. In three years the initiative has boosted funds by 30 percent.

A version of this article appears in the July/August 2012 issue of Fast Company.