September 8, 2025 | Articles
Messages on Innovation and Adaptability Winners of the 2024–2025 Student Video Contest This year, we celebrated the 14th annual World of 8 Billion International Student Video Contest, with over 3,250 submissions from students in 67 countries and 45 states plus DC. Our global topics included Child Wellbeing, Rainforest Ecosystems, and…...
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As Missouri and many other states continue their fractious political battles over the issue of reproductive rights, a Trump administration project is threatening to undermine those rights nationally: The Food and Drug Administration is unilaterally launching a “safety review” of mifepristone, the widely used abortion-inducing medication, based on nothing but…...
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September 8, 2025 | Articles
Tareto Africa is a grassroots organization based in Narok County, Kenya, working to promote reproductive health and rights and eliminate harmful practices including female genital mutilation (FGM), gender-based violence (GBV), and child marriage. Tareto was founded in 2017 by Leshan Kereto, a young Maasai man, when he became aware of…...
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An extensive new survey by Population Connection reveals that Americans have an established preference for small family sizes and do not perceive low fertility rates as a problem. Our survey also sheds light on the factors that influence the childbearing decisions of younger Americans — the top impacts being concern…...
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Population Connection members and supporters have brought loads of energy and enthusiasm to our spring slate of virtual events — we hope you’ll be inspired to join us in the future! You can find recaps of featured events and see what we have in store for the coming months here.…...
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Our PopEd team just finished several months of winter and springtime travel to bring our curriculum to current and future teachers around the country. From January through May, staff traveled to nine states to present workshops at educational conferences and universities. Here are some highlights from recent trips by team…...
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Global health funding freeze cuts contraceptive access for millions On Inauguration Day, Donald Trump and Elon Musk issued an executive action freezing all new foreign assistance grants for 90 days, while the administration assessed whether funded projects aligned with the administration’s values. Four days later, they also issued a “stop…...
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We’re always looking for ways to get media attention with our rational but outspoken, rights-based take on population challenges. Newspaper editors tend, however, to be more interested in giving space to those threatening that low fertility and slower population growth will upend our economies and institutions — the demographic concern…...
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Photos courtesy of RUWDUC Population Connection’s thriving Global Partners program assists 18 community-based, locally-led organizations in several countries in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa and one organization in South Asia: RUWDUC in Nepal. Due to escalating climate change and land use changes, Nepal is more susceptible to flooding than in…...
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The months since Donald Trump was inaugurated have felt like decades, given how much damage he has done since re-taking office. While it has been hard to watch the freezing of foreign aid, the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the slashing of family planning…...
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