: Women's rights

News from Population Matters.

  • China flag

    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 USA from our 2021 Welcome to Gilead report.

  • China on a globe

    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…

  • Istanbul, Turkey

    Minimum of Three: Erdoğan’s Battle to Boost Turkey’s Birth Rate

    Turkey’s birth rate is falling despite government efforts to reverse the trend. Part of our Gilead Watch campaign, this blog explores Turkey’s demographic changes and the impact of Erdoğan’s pronatalist…

  • Abortion is healthcare

    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…

  • Turkey Flag

    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…

  • US Rally

    United States: Pro-life… until birth

    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 USA from our 2021 Welcome to Gilead report.

  • US / American Flags

    The Faces of US Pronatalism And the War on Women’s Rights – Part Two

    Donald Trump is only five days into his second term, but he’s already making an impression with a flurry of executive orders. Read part two of our deep dive into…

  • Capitol building at night

    The Faces of US Pronatalism And the War on Women’s Rights – Part One

    President Trump has taken office, and some of his initial executive orders closely reflect Project 2025, an authoritarian agenda that includes severe rollbacks on women’s reproductive rights. Trump’s close ties…

  • Donald Trump leaflet

    What a Second Trump Term Means for Reproductive Rights

    Today, Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th US President, ushering in renewed threats to reproductive rights. As part of Population Matters’ Welcome to Gilead campaign, Madeleine Hewitt interviews Olivia…

  • Hungarian flag

    Viktor Orbán’s Hungary: The Erosion of Reproductive Rights

    As part of our ongoing series connected to our Welcome to Gilead campaign, we explore Hungary’s population policies and the government’s push to increase native births amid growing concerns about…