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March 2, 2020 | Articles

Today is my last day. Closing. Phase out,” Babita Bist says, with a bubbly Nepali accent. She’s wearing a loose ponytail and street clothes—no lab coat to indicate her nursing credentials. It’s late October 2018, and all things reproductive health in Nepal are changing. Due to the funding cuts that…...

March 2, 2020 | Articles

World Population Tops 7.75 Billion Germany’s Foundation for World Population estimates that global population reached 7.75 billion by the end of 2019. According to their calculations, the world grows by 156 people every minute, or 83 million annually—the rough equivalent of adding a new Germany each year. Looking ahead, they…...

March 2, 2020 | Articles

While global population growth continues to soar unsustainably, a handful of nations are experiencing declines. Often, this is pounced on as evidence that population growth is a thing of the past. That’s just not true in a world that adds more than 80 million people annually. We want to see…...

March 2, 2020 | Articles

Your June and December issues, emphasizing the connection between population levels and climate change, were brave and impressive. You are setting a fine example, not followed, alas, by many environmental NGOs, which still seem intimidated by the taboos surrounding population questions. All their great work to save species and habitat…...

March 2, 2020 | Articles

Ostensibly, abortion remains legal in the United States. Ostensibly. But the reality is far different: Onerous requirements on abortion facilities have melted their numbers, limiting access to providers. Hundreds of restrictions have been passed over the years to place hurdles between women seeking to terminate a pregnancy and the procedure…...

March 2, 2020 | Articles

We’ve been fortunate to work with Lisa Shannon of Every Woman Treaty over the past few years, collecting stories from around the world about the impacts of Trump’s Global Gag Rule on real people with real health care needs. We know that without the stories, the data and statistics and…...

March 2, 2020 | Articles

Each year, close to 13,000 teachers and future teachers participate in PopEd workshops. While our staff and volunteer trainers get some instant feedback at these events, we continue our conversations with the attendees to find out how they appraise their workshop experience and, perhaps more importantly, how our resources are…...

March 2, 2020 | Articles

2019 was a big year for #Fight4HER, our joint campaign with Population Connection Action Fund. Across the country, our activists worked hard to make the campaign—now in its fourth year—stronger than ever. Here’s a look back at some of the things that happened last year! We kicked off the year…...