News from Population Matters.
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Number of women and girls subjected to harmful practices still growing
The latest UNFPA State of the World Population report shows that every year, millions of women and girls across the world are still subjected to violent and harmful practices, including…
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Human-caused mass extinction still accelerating
A new analysis shows the sixth mass extinction is accelerating, with more than 500 vertebrate species at risk of becoming extinct in less than 20 years – as many as…
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Easing our impact on biodiversity and nature
On World Environment Day, conservationist and forestry expert Dr Edu Effiom explains why protecting biodiversity requires improving access to sexual and reproductive healthcare alongside more sustainable production and consumption patterns….
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How much would it cost to end the worst gender inequalities?
A new UN report summarises the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, a key international conference held in November 2019 which aimed to boost global progress on women’s rights and sexual and…
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Population Matters demands action on biodiversity
To mark the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22nd, Population Matters is writing to governments across the world to demand action on human population. Our message is simple: continued…
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Empowerment or ‘kicking down’? The truth about population concern
Population Matters Director Robin Maynard responds to environmental writer George Monbiot’s denigration of population campaigners in a recent Guardian piece. George Monbiot quite reasonably castigated Jeff Gibbs’ film, Planet of the…
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Small families help slow UK population growth
New UK population estimates reveal a continued reduction in the growth rate, largely driven by fewer births as a result of people choosing to have smaller families. Fewer births, better…
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Planet of the Humans: Infinite growth is suicide
Our Director Robin Maynard reviews Planet of the Humans, the controversial new documentary produced by Michael Moore and directed by Jeff Gibbs, released on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Planet of…
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Report: overpopulation one of ten greatest threats to humanity
A new report by a group of Australian researchers identifies the ten most catastrophic threats to human survival, including overpopulation, climate change, biodiversity loss, and pandemics, and calls for urgent global…
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Coronavirus and contraception in rural Kenya: SRH should be a priority every day
Dandelion Africa Director Wendo Aszed looks at how COVID-19 is affecting women in rural Kenya. Today I woke up worried about a lady in my village called Ekadon. I worried…