December 12, 2022 | Articles
Originally published on August 5, 2022, by The New York Times At a time when most Thais avoided discussing safe sex and family planning, Mechai Viravaidya promoted condom use with spectacle and humor, saving millions of lives. Mechai Viravaidya, a former politician and activist who promoted family planning and condom…...
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Many people who are against abortion speak out passionately on behalf of “the unborn.” Their passion seems to dissipate once a fetus is no longer an abstraction, but a living person with needs. Many seem oblivious to the plight of unwanted children, craving love and a fair chance at life.…...
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As I prepare to send this issue of the magazine to the printer, four of my colleagues and one of our board members are in Thailand at the International Conference on Family Planning. They are hosting an exhibit booth each day, talking with conference attendees from the United States and…...
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Eva Moseley portrait by Joan Burns Eva Moseley has led a noteworthy life since her childhood in Vienna. She emigrated from Austria to the U.S. with her family shortly before the Nazis perpetrated the Final Solution. She attended Mount Holyoke, a Seven Sisters College, earned an MA in Sanskrit and…...
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December 12, 2022 | Articles
Pattaya City, Thailand November 14-17, 2022 icfp2022.org Hannah Evans, Senior Analyst, and Yasmeen Silva, National Field Manager, in the Population Connection exhibit booth Yasmeen showing off our booth design by Mali Welch (who also designs Pop Facts) Nancy Gomes, Digital Media Coordinator, speaking to conference participants from inside our…...
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A Classroom Simulation for 8 Billion and Growing We’ve just reached a huge global population milestone: 8 billion. To help students better understand how we got here and where we might be headed, we use visual representations and simulations in the classroom. One such high school activity is “Where Do…...
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Abortion Was on the Ballot, and Voters Showed Up to Retain Their Rights Note: This column was written using the information available to us at the time of our press deadline, November 17, 2022. Voters across the United States held back the so-called “red wave” predicted by pundits. Reproductive rights…...
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Humans have been around for less than seven seconds, if we compare our planet’s existence to a 24-hour day—Homo sapiens evolved less than 350,000 years ago, and the earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Even though we just came on the scene, we act like undisputed rulers of the…...
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