USAID have been an important actor in ensuring health care and contraceptives around the globe. Trump's decisions put many women at risk.| The Overpopulation Project
Under Obamacare, women were granted more breastfeeding health insurance benefits. They’ll likely stay under new legislation. Here's what's covered.| HealthCareInsider.com
Discover how recent global health aid cuts are disproportionately affecting women and girls in low- and middle-income countries, impacting essential services and community health workers. Learn why a gender-informed approach is crucial to prevent decades of progress from being undone.| VillageReach
Some words carry baggage, which may interfere with their utility, and even with their use. “Population” and “overpopulation” are examples of this vilification. | Population Matters-USA
VillageReach is improving access to reproductive health in Côte d'Ivoire by enhancing contraceptive delivery through innovative supply chain solutions and community engagement. Learn more about our pilot project.| VillageReach
For researchers working on historical population issues and interested lay persons, the Carl Wahren papers are a gold mine. See examples below, described by Carl himself, an advisor to TOP from our inception. By Frank Götmark Throughout his career spanning over 40 years, Carl Wahren collected population material for the future, increasingly aware of its […] The post The Carl Wahren papers are now available at Sweden’s National Archives appeared first on The Overpopulation Project.| The Overpopulation Project
Discover how top law firms are supporting attorney-parents with generous parental leave policies and flexible work arrangements. Find the right balance for your legal career and family life.| Lateral Link
Well, the answer to the title’s question is “yes, no and maybe”.| Population Matters-USA
The rise of the AfD in the upcoming German election could have significant implications for family policy and climate change. As the party gains traction, its stance on increasing birth rates, reshaping social policies, and challenging climate action could shape Germany’s future. The post The AfD: How it Could reshape German Family Policy and Climate Action appeared first on Population Matters.| Population Matters
Learn how the "Gratuité" initiative in Côte d'Ivoire is providing free family planning services, empowering women and transforming access.| VillageReach
Explore reproductive rights in Europe—disparities, policies, and the advocacy driving change across the continent.| Population Matters
Abrupt as they may seem, recent changes to US aid policies are consistent with the neoliberal economic ideology long championed by many Republicans, and embraced by many Democrats, since the Reagan presidency. Family planning was one of its casualties, according to Colin Butler. by Colin Butler The re-election of US President Donald Trump appears to […] The post High fertility in low-income settings: the cruelty of unfettered capitalism appeared first on The Overpopulation Project.| The Overpopulation Project
In a world with changing demographic trends, does the retreat by the U.S. government from international population and family planning programs matter? Our answer is a resounding yes. by Win Brown and Karen Hardee We are demographers who earned our graduate degrees in the 1980s, when academic programs in population and family planning were booming. […] The post Canceling the Demographic and Health Surveys and Ending USAID’s role in Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programs: Why it ...| The Overpopulation Project
Belarus' birth rate is declining, yet Lukashenko's disputed election signals more pronatalist policies restricting reproductive rights.| Population Matters
Today coercion is much more prevalent globally in pronatalist policies that increase population size than it is in family planning policies that decrease fertility and limit population. For this and other reasons, the ‘pro-life’ movement is often anti-life in its consequences. by Jan Greguš, Masaryk University, Czech Republic When discussing population policies, many worry about […] The post Pro-life = Anti-choice appeared first on The Overpopulation Project.| The Overpopulation Project
The USAID funding freeze has disrupted global aid, cutting off vital healthcare, food & water supplies. Explore its devastating impact.| Population Matters
Would you marry your first cousin?| Green Prophet
The Swedish government is refocusing international aid to promoting trade, but a new survey shows citizens think it will be ineffective| The Overpopulation Project
Within a few years, Mexico went from a staunchly pro-natalist country with high birth rates to having the strongest family planning programme in Latin America. As the latest in our series on successful family planning programmes, Mexico provides a case study for how family planning advocates managed to succeed despite a pro-natalist government, and how […] The post Family planning in Mexico – success against the odds appeared first on The Overpopulation Project.| The Overpopulation Project
Recent years have seen a concerted effort to rewrite post-war family planning efforts as one big racist, sexist, imperialist conspiracy. It is now important, as the last people who worked on these campaigns pass from the scene, to reflect honestly yet fairly on their work. Here Céline Delacroix, a senior fellow with the Population Institute, […] The post Joseph Speidel on Carl Wahren and the early days of family planning appeared first on The Overpopulation Project.| The Overpopulation Project
use of family planning methods is only 66.7% as respnded by currently married women age 15 to 49 years. female sterlization 37.9%, IUD by 2.1% women, pill is used by 5.1%, condom by 9.5%, male sterlization by 0.3%| Swayamkatha
Access to voluntary, informed family planning should be the right of all people. In the past, only those with health insurance or who were well-to-do were likely to be able to access good family planning care. A new study by Franciele Hellwig and colleagues shows family planning equity has improved in five developing countries they studied, thanks […] The post New study shows what is possible with strong family planning funding appeared first on The Overpopulation Project.| The Overpopulation Project
September 13 marks thirty years since the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo effectively denounced population stabilisation as a development goal. The consequences have been disastrous. by Jane O’Sullivan The United Nations Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in September 1994 profoundly shifted the UN’s approach to […] The post Thirty years is too long to turn a blind eye to world population growth appeared fi...| The Overpopulation Project
World Vasectomy Day is coming up in November. Retired obstetrician-gynecologist Richard Grossman explains how vasectomies should be used as a more common tool when couple’s plan their families. by Richard Grossman MD I was walking down the street in Mountain View, California when I noticed a man coming toward me wearing a white T-shirt with […] The post Realizing Quality Families appeared first on The Overpopulation Project.| The Overpopulation Project
Tennessee Has Lost A Legal Bid To Regain $7 Million In Federal Annual Family Planning Funding While It Challenges A Federal Rule That Requires States To Tell Pregnant Patients About All Their Options, Including Abortion.| Tennessee Conservative
Our interview with Carl Wahren is the first of what we hope will be a series of films with pioneers in family planning, but funding is needed| The Overpopulation Project
People can walk into pharmacies without a prescription and walk out the same day with birth control in hand.| North Carolina Health News
The United Nations has today released its updated population projections up to 2100. It predicts there’ll be another two billion people on the planet by 2063, peaking at 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s.| Population Matters
Part one of a three-part series exploring the widespread push to increase birth rates around the world. In this edition, Campaign and Communications Specialist Florence Blondel outlines the issue and unpacks why political leaders are panicking.| Population Matters
Explore Sapao's Population, Health, and Environment challenges, and support PFPI's crucial efforts in sustainable development.| Population Matters
The global human population will increase by 2.4 billion to 2088, according to the UN. Birth rates are high in some parts of the world, leading to continued population growth. In Africa and parts of Asia, and within Muslim countries and communities, religiosity promotes high birth rates. This role of religion could, however, potentially be […] The post Religion affects birth rates appeared first on The Overpopulation Project.| The Overpopulation Project
Black lives matter. We should focus on that rather than on economic growth.| The Overpopulation Project
The 2024 State of World Population report from the UN conceals family planning success, to the detriment of those women they claim to support.| The Overpopulation Project
Black lives matter. We should focus on that rather than on economic growth.| The Overpopulation Project
Leading with a diaphragm that will fail 1 in 5 women during a single year over an implant that will fail 1 in 2000 leads to less reproductive empowerment, not more. One might think of it, in fact, as a form of stochastic coercion; you don’t know who is going to get forced by contraceptive failure into a baby they didn’t want, but you know for sure that someone will. Continue reading →| AwayPoint