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Bernie Krisher of American Assistance for Cambodia tried another approach.†
Chpt 2 *

approach = a way of doing something
That was a great improvement over the previous approach of having the families run all over town, spending far more to buy bandages here, gauze there, scalpels somewhere else.†
Chpt 6 *

approach = get near
" Tostan sometimes angers feminists for its cautious approach and for its reluctance to use the word "mutilation" or even say that it is fighting against genital cutting.†
Chpt 13
We would never argue that the empowerment of women is a silver bullet, but it is an approach that offers a range of rewards that go far beyond simple justice.†
Chpt 14

approach = way of doing something
She knew that Naina was approaching puberty and would soon be put on the market.†
Chpt 1
They lugged along boxes of school supplies, but as they approached Pailin by car, they realized that Cambodia's needs were greater than they ever could have imagined.†
Chpt 1
A similar approach has been used very effectively and cheaply to increase education for girls in Mexico and other countries.†
Chpt 1
The approach helps because it is typically girls like Kun Sokkea who end up trafficked.†
Chpt 1
In contrast, there's empirical evidence that crackdowns can succeed, when combined with social services such as job retraining and drug rehabilitation, and that's the approach we've come to favor.†
Chpt 2
Many liberals and feminists are taken aback by the big stick approach we advocate, arguing that it just drives sex establishments underground.†
Chpt 2
While the Sonagachi Project enjoyed some success in curbing AIDS, there is an intriguing contrast with the big-stick approach taken in Mumbai.†
Chpt 2
The Netherlands and Sweden highlight the differences between the big-stick approach and the legalize-and-regulate model.†
Chpt 2
In 1999, Sweden took the opposite approach, criminalizing the purchase of sexual services, but not the sale of them by prostitutes; a man caught paying for sex is fined (in theory, he can be imprisoned for up to six months), while the prostitute is not punished.†
Chpt 2
This approach can be taken further.†
Chpt 2
The big-stick approach should focus in particular on the sale of virgins.†
Chpt 2
Momm was bouncing up and down nervously as we finally approached her village.†
Chpt 2
Then, as the time for delivery approached, Neth agreed to be tested again.†
Chpt 2
Zach is part of an exploding movement of "social entrepreneurs" who offer new approaches to supporting women in the developing world.†
Chpt 3
"We realized over time that it was not sustainable," she says of her early approach.†
Chpt 3
As the police approached, Woineshet escaped—hurtling down the village path, screaming, covered in blood and bruises.†
Chpt 4
If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, "I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity," then the girl's father and mother ...shall display the cloth [that the couple slept on] before the elders of the town....If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl's virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father's house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.—DEUTERONOMY 22:13-21†
Chpt 5
Soon, Mahabouba was pregnant, and as she approached her due date Jiad relaxed his guard over her.†
Chpt 6
Models of the public health approach include smallpox vaccination programs, oral rehydration therapy to save babies with diarrhea, and campaigns to encourage seat belts and air bags in vehicles.†
Chpt 6
Sometimes the most effective approaches aren't medical at all.†
Chpt 6
It's difficult to appreciate today how unusual this approach was, for physicians closely guarded their prerogatives, and it was heresy to entrust mere midwives with medical responsibilities.†
Chpt 6
"Because it was so different an approach, I would have trouble getting it approved today," Allan said.†
Chpt 6
Increasingly, Allan began approaching maternal death not just as a public health concern but also as a human rights issue.†
Chpt 6
Indeed, there have been some experiments in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Malawi with training non-physicians to perform C-sections; this approach would be a major life-saver.†
Chpt 7
One American-sponsored abstinence-only approach consists of handing out heart-shaped lollipops inscribed with the message: DON'T BE A SUCKER!†
Chpt 8
That kind of comprehensive approach to prevention would be most effective in reducing the risks to a girl like Thabang.†
Chpt 8
A second approach was to encourage student debates and essays on condoms and AIDS; that cost only $1 per student but was not shown to reduce pregnancies.†
Chpt 8
A third approach was to provide students with free uniforms to encourage them to stay in school longer; that cost about $12 per student and did reduce pregnancies.†
Chpt 8
The fourth and by far the most cost-effective approach was also the simplest: warning of the perils of sugar daddies.†
Chpt 8
One inmate, Ellaha, a nineteen-year-old with short black hair and a round self-confident face, startled us by greeting us in English and approaching us.†
Chpt 9
Initial findings are that this simple approach is effective in increasing female attendance at high schools.†
Chpt 10
Aschool feeding in Rutshuru, Congo, encourages children to stay in school (Nicholas D. Kristof) The approaches we've discussed have proven effective at increasing school attendance, but there's also the question of how to increase learning once the children are in school.†
Chpt 10
A study in Kenya by Michael Kremer, a Harvard economist, examined six different approaches to improving educational performance, from providing free textbooks to child sponsorship programs.†
Chpt 10
The approach that raised student test scores the most was to offer the top 15 percent of girls taking sixth-grade tests a $19 scholarship for seventh and eighth grade (and the glory of recognition at an assembly).†
Chpt 10
This kind of bottom-up approach in development work has repeatedly shown its superiority in bringing about economic and social change.†
Chpt 12
Meanwhile, far away in West Africa, someone else was using a similar grassroots approach to defeat one of the most ghastly and deeply embedded traditions that harms girls, genital cutting.†
Chpt 12
The most common form of cutting involves snipping the clitoris or clitoral hood (sometimes leaving the clitoris intact and more exposed, an incompetent approach that increases opportunities for orgasm).†
Chpt 13
Perhaps the most successful effort to end cutting is that of Tostan, a West African group that takes a very respectful approach and places FGC within a larger framework of community development.†
Chpt 13
Tostan also helps women organize joint declarations that they have abandoned the practice, and this approach has worked stunningly well.†
Chpt 13
It then adopted Tostan's approach as a national model.†
Chpt 13
Molly says it is finding a receptive audience to its bottom-up approach in each country.†
Chpt 13
But as we were writing this book, two new studies pointed to another approach to revolutionize fertility and gender in the villages: television.†
Chpt 14
But as we have argued, a movement for women must be creative and willing to learn and incorporate new approaches and technologies.†
Chpt 14
These approaches should be rigorously tried on a randomized basis, and assessed by outside evaluators, so that we can determine which are most cost-effective.†
Chpt 14

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(1) (approach as in: approached the city)
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
(2) (approach as in: use the best approach)
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal)
to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.

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