Renê Patriota is a physician who empowers consumers to demand and receive better health care from both the public health system and private health insurance and health plans. Her association resolves immediate problems that threaten patients' access to urgently needed medical attention and seeks...
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Ashoka Fellow & Anti-Corruption Activist Arvind Kejriwal has been Elected as Chief Minister of Delhi
Previously a Mechanical Engineer, Ashoka Fellow Arvind Kejriwal was elected as a Fellow due to his work which used a 2001 law called the Right to Information Act (RTIA) to bring political power back to the people of India. The law began in Delhi, and has since spread to more than eight other states,...
Changing The Conversation On Immigration Reform: Two Social Entrepreneurs' Roles In Today's Debate
For years, Americans varying from former President George W. Bush to actress Eva Longoria have denounced the United States immigration system as broken . “Broken” seems like an appropriate term. A patchwork of misaligned incentives, out-of-touch regulations, and partisan politics that seem to...
Landmine Law in Israel--Celebrating Progress
The email below was recently sent to us by Ashoka Fellow Jerry White in celebration of landmark landmine legislation that was just passed in Israel. Jerry, like many of his Ashoka Fellow colleagues around the world, is actively changing policy through his tireless work, and we celebrate with him in...
From Activating Civic-minded Changemakers to leading as Chief Minister — Ashoka Fellow Arvind Kejriwal’s Path
The Beginning: A Passion for Curbing Corruption Few people know Arvind Kejriwal’s illustrious past. A passionate anti-corruption crusader and former engineer, Kejriwal first burst into the Indian public arena after he openly questioned rampant corruption in India’s Income Tax Department. Instead of...
Without legally established paternity, 30 percent of Brazil’s children raised by single mothers face lifelong stigma and limited financial means. Marli da Silva promotes the full citizenship and material and affective support of children abandoned by their fathers by supporting single mothers. She...
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Planning consultant Raul Jungmann is tackling nothing less than the entire justice and security system in Brazil, working to reform its archaic institutions through popular participation.
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A recognized and respected leader in the area of human rights, Oscar Vilhena Vieira has pioneered the creation of a range of projects and activities in the human rights field both, in Brazil, to ensure that human rights guaranteed in the constitution come to be respected in practice and, at the...
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Adam Foss founded Prosecutor Impact to repair our criminal justice system by shifting the culture and norms among prosecutors across the United States.
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