Apr 25
Condoms, Contraceptives, and Carleton: how one social enterprise is changing the world
DKT International is one of the world’s largest providers of contraception and safe abortion products, services, and technology – and is headed up by a Carl.
Using an innovative social enterprise approach, DKT operates in more than 100 countries to ensure that condoms, abortion pills, emergency contraception and a full range of products and services are widely available and affordable. DKT’s affiliate, carafem, operates in the USA to provide abortion services in 19 States, including Minnesota. The DKT model is delivering impact at scale and using innovative financing to create a sustainable business model. It also uses fun and sex-positive marketing to educate and empower, breaking down stigma and challenging social norms.
Join DKT’s President, Chris Purdy ’88, to learn how tens of millions of people learn about and obtain the reproductive health products they need, how DKT is navigating the complex challenges from governments and far right movements that seek to reduce contraceptive access, and see how cool brands and fun advertising does more to produce healthy outcomes than the usual hackneyed public service announcements. Plus time for Q&A.