News from Population Matters.
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Empowering Women through Global Partnerships
Global conversations at the Commission on the Status of Women focused on how empowered women shape global sustainability. The work done by grassroots organisations like our worldwide Empower to Plan partners is more essential – and under threat – than ever.
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The Power of Advocacy: Reproductive Rights in Europe
Across Europe, access to contraception and reproductive rights varies dramatically. While some countries lead with progressive policies, others impose severe restrictions. Advocacy remains the driving force for change. This blog explores the disparities, the challenges and some of the activists fighting for reproductive freedom.
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All Populations Matter: Our new five-year vision
Today, we launch our new strategy – a bold and ambitious vision for the next five years of Population Matters. Designed to drive real change for both people and the planet, it sets out an exciting path forward. Our Chief Executive, Amy Jankiewicz, explains more.
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Belarus’ Birth Rate: Pronatalist Policies and Demographic Challenges
Reproductive rights and bodily autonomy matter in their own right. This article examines Belarus’s pronatalist policies and their implications for people’s choices.
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USAID Funding Freeze Impact: Trump Cuts International Aid
The Trump Administration signed an executive order, triggering a USAid funding freeze that has disrupted global humanitarian aid efforts, with the majority of staff put on leave and the future…
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China: Upgrading population quality
We’re launching a new series revisiting our Welcome to Gilead campaign, exploring global restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. In this instalment, we revisit the chapter on the China from our 2021 Welcome to Gilead report.
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China’s Reproductive Rights: Calls for a Childbirth Culture
Our ongoing series returns to our Welcome to Gilead campaign, examining restrictions on China’s reproductive rights and global trends in reproductive freedom. This update explores recent pronatalist measures in China…
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Reproductive Rights and Erdoğan’s Pronatalist Policies in Türkiye
Reproductive rights and bodily autonomy matter in their own right. This article examines Turkey’s pronatalist policies and the freedom to decide whether and when to have children.
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What is the Global Gag Rule?
The Global Gag Rule restricts foreign organisations from supporting abortion services if they receive US funding. Last week it was reinstated by the new Republican administration, impacting human rights, particularly…
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Turkey: Three-plus children for the economy
Our new series returns to our Welcome to Gilead campaign, exploring global restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. This edition revisits the chapter on Turkey from our 2021 Welcome to Gilead…