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January 13, 2023 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

January 10, 2023 | Post

Feminists are well aware of the urgent need to advance women’s rights, which is essential in its own right, but the world is still largely silent on the tremendous, unmatched societal and environmental benefits of achieving global gender equality. It’s high-time policymakers and funders give it the attention it deserves.…...

January 6, 2023 | Post

We submitted the following letter to the editor on January 6, 2023, and are sharing it below since it wasn’t published by New York Magazine. We encourage all our members and supporters who come across misleading or problematic media stories to make their voices heard! See our media guide for…...

January 3, 2023 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

December 22, 2022 | Post

On Monday morning, nations agreed on a major new plan to save the world’s biodiversity. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) aims to protect 30% of all land and marine areas by 2030 but is lacking in many areas, including on tackling root drivers of nature loss such as rapid…...

December 15, 2022 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

December 8, 2022 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...

December 5, 2022 | Post

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the "final step" in our shared work to make…...

November 30, 2022 | Post

From November 11-17, 2022, a delegation from Population Connection attended the International Conference on Family Planning, the world’s largest scientific conference on family planning and reproductive health. Around 3,500 people from across the world came together in Pattaya, Thailand, to share knowledge and advocate for universal access to contraception and…...

November 10, 2022 | Post

Our population has reached a major milestone today: 8 billion people. While many may see this as an occasion to celebrate, our large and growing population presents some serious challenges. The latest projections by the United Nations Population Division revealed that our numbers will continue to rise until well into…...