News from Population Matters.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Hungary: Demography is destiny
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 Hungary’s demography from our 2021 Welcome to Gilead report.
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Gender Snapshot Report 2024: Journey to Gender Equality too slow
The United Nations has released its updated Gender Snapshot Report for 2024 and the headline is that, while some progress has been made, change is happening far too slowly.
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Harris and Walz on Women’s Rights: The Democratic Perspective on Reproductive Freedom
The Democratic National Convention starts today in Chicago. Having already looked at what a Donald Trump and JD Vance presidency might mean for women’s rights in the US, Campaign and Communications Specialist Florence Blondel runs the rule over the new Democratic ticket.
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Progressives Should Steer Clear of Pronatalism Trap
An article in The New York Times calls for progressive politicians to adopt the pronatalist policies promoted by JD Vance. Campaigns and Media Officer Madeleine Hewitt responds and explains why progressives must address population growth as an environmental issue.
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The Road to 10 Billion: World Population Projections 2024
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 2061, peaking at 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s.
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Advocating for the rights of girls and women
The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) took place in March. Population Matters’ Choice Ambassador Joan Kembabazi was there and here she reports back on her experiences, which included moderating a UNICEF side event.