September 9, 2024 | Articles
New UN projections released on World Population Day On World Population Day (July 11), the United Nations Population Division released new data, World Population Prospects 2024, which project a peak of 10.3 billion people in 2084 — slightly lower and earlier than the 10.4 billion peak in 2086 that was…...
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There hasn’t been a major international convening on population challenges for 30 years, since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo in 1994. Before that, there was a UN population conference every decade, going back to 1954.* The UN does, however, have a Commission on Population and…...
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Population Connection members and supporters flocked to join us for virtual events throughout the steamy summer months. We hope you’ll join us again soon — or for the first time! Another interesting event is always around the corner. See what’s next here! June: World Rainforest Day Several of our Global…...
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House passes devastating Appropriations Bill On June 28, the House passed the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2025 by a party line vote of 212–200. The bill cuts funding for international family planning by 24%, bans funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),…...
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If you’ve subscribed to this magazine for a while, you’ve heard about Melvine Ouyo. We met her when she was the Clinic Director at Family Health Options Kenya, soon after FHOK lost US funding in 2017, thanks to Trump’s Global Gag Rule. She has been a consultant to the advocacy…...
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Cultivating Hope in a World of 8 Billion Winners of the 2023–2024 Student Video Contest Announced Each year, the World of 8 Billion International Student Video Contest inspires us with hope as middle and high school students consider various global challenges. By participating, they become aware of these issues and…...
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Meet Our 2024 #Fight4HER Organizers! The 2024 edition of the #Fight4HER campaign is in full swing! We have six organizers on the ground in key congressional districts, working hard to educate and activate their respective communities around reproductive health and rights. They come to us with rich and diverse backgrounds,…...
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Maasai Harmonial Development and Sustainability Karen Gaia Pitts founded Maasai Harmonial Development and Sustainability in 2016 after her partner, Ben Parks, visited a Maasai student whose college tuition he had sponsored. The student, Isaack, lived in Nainokanoka Village in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania. When Ben visited, the…...
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Prudish even by the standards of the Victorian Age, Anthony Comstock ranks as one of the more bizarre and destructive figures in U.S. history. The founder of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice in 1873, Comstock boasted of hounding women to suicide by pursuing their prosecution for…...
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The region where I live was crippled by a beautiful but extremely destructive ice storm in March, a few days into spring (a seasonal designation that means nothing in Maine). We lost power for 45 hours, which was quite unpleasant since the “feels like” temperature outside hovered around 19 degrees.…...
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