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Belarus’ Birth Rate: Pronatalist Policies and Demographic Challenges
This blog post examines the demographic challenges in Belarus where President Alexander Lukashenko last month secured a seventh term in an election widely dismissed as neither free nor fair. It explores the government’s emphasis on increasing birth rates, the country’s declining fertility trends and the implications of these policies for women’s autonomy, all within the…
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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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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…
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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.
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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…