News from Population Matters.
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Six months on from the overturning of Roe v. Wade
The 22 January would have marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, had it not been overturned in June last year.
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Family Planning is all about families getting ahead
The Turimiquire Foundation in Venezuela, our Empower to Plan partner, is working hard to reach some of Latin America’s most marginalised communities. As Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis rages on, the organisation shares why family planning is so important for improving people’s lives and protecting the environment.
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Family Planning, Sex Education and so much more
Last week in Pattaya City, Thailand, Population Matters sponsored and participated in the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP). A community of 3,500 people travelled from across the world to come together in Thailand, calling for family planning as a vital component of universal healthcare. Our Empower to Plan Project Coordinator, Catriona Spaven-Donn, reflects on…
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Reproductive Rights and India’s Two-Child Policies
Reproductive rights and bodily autonomy must be protected from coercive policy. Explore how punitive two-child rules can restrict people’s choices and access to services in India.
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Celebrating Those Advancing Women’s Rights
As we reported in June this year, blocking abortion access has a terrible human cost. The overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which prevented states in the USA from banning abortion, now means that millions more women do not have access to essential healthcare. On this Safe Abortion Day, we celebrate our partner…
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Gender Equality 86 Years Away
At the current rate of progress, full gender equality will be achieved in the year 2108, according to a new report released by The Gates Foundation and Equal Measures. Why has so little headway been made in recent years, and what’s required to get back on the right path? Digital and Communications Manager Ben Stallworthy…
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Rajasthan Rising: the Indian girl-led movement
Over the first six months of 2022, Empower to Plan funds helped to grow a collective of 5,000 girls determined to end child marriage in India. The Rajasthan Rising movement has since gone from strength to strength, creating a ripple effect of engaged and empowered leaders defending and promoting girls’ rights in their community. Here,…
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The work of Na’leb’ak – local change-makers in Guatemala
Na’leb’ak is a team of local change-makers that empowers girls and engages communities about family planning in rural indigenous Guatemala. A past Empower to Plan partner, Na’leb’ak received a £5,500 grant from Population Matters, raised from the generous contributions of our members and supporters. Catriona Spaven-Donn reports on how Na’leb’ak is leading the way in sexual and reproductive health…
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Abortion, nation and population – in the US and beyond
The end of the constitutional protection of the right to abortion in the US has been praised, as well as condemned, across the world. Population Matters’ landmark Welcome to Gilead report detailed how a mix of nationalism, population panic and misogyny is fuelling increasing repression of reproductive freedom in some countries. We take a look…
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A terrible human cost: Roe v. Wade overturned
The US Supreme Court has overturned the Roe v. Wade decision which prevented states banning abortion. Twenty-six are now expected to introduce such bans, which will have terrible consequences for the lives and freedom of countless people in the US. In a tragic development for women’s power over their own bodies and for the lives…