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  • Population and reproductive rights – our new briefing

    Population and reproductive rights – our new briefing

    In a submission to the UK parliament, Population Matters calls for greater honesty about the population benefits of reproductive rights – and warns of the threat posed by nationalistic population policies.

  • The Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women

    The Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women

    One in three women around the world experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, former Population Matters Campaigner…

  • Family Medical Point

    Family Medical Point

    Family Medical Point needs help ensuring that every woman and young person in Abaita Ababiri​, Uganda, has free and safe access to sexual and reproductive healthcare. Can you help?  Family Medical…

  • The impact of COVID-19 on women’s reproductive health in India: Safeguarding women’s rights

    The impact of COVID-19 on women’s reproductive health in India: Safeguarding women’s rights

    In this guest blog post marking International Safe Abortion Day, Sanghamitra Singh, a health scientist working with the Population Foundation of India, examines the impact of the pandemic on women’s rights and…

  • You Before Two

    You Before Two

    You Before Two ceased operations in 2025. An archived version of this webpage is still online for historical purposes, but is no longer updated. Please see the Empower to Plan…

  • Empower To Plan Project Showcase

    Empower To Plan Project Showcase

    Women around the world want the power to choose how many children to have – and when. Evidence shows that where women are empowered, there’s a natural fall in birth…

  • Investing in contraception would save billions of dollars

    Investing in contraception would save billions of dollars

    A new report estimates that fulfilling the unmet need for modern contraception in developing countries would save $16 billion a year in maternal healthcare by reducing the number of unintended…

  • Millions of women have no say over what happens to their bodies

    Millions of women have no say over what happens to their bodies

    Almost half of women in 57 low- to middle-income countries have no decision-making power regarding their health, contraceptive use and sex lives, according to a new UN report. A shocking…

  • UN report: World still largely hostile to girls

    UN report: World still largely hostile to girls

    Despite some progress over the past 25 years, girls under age 18 around the world continue to face unacceptable discrimination and violence driven by deeply entrenched gender inequality, according to…

  • Unmet needs: conversations with the women left behind

    Unmet needs: conversations with the women left behind

    Population Matters’ Director, Robin Maynard, summarises events at this month’s Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, and recounts his experience of meeting young women and their families in Africa’s largest slum and surrounding…