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Keep up with our blog to stay informed on all the latest population-related news and developments!

A helping hand for Kenya's vulnerable girls: Q&A with HKSAI

January 28, 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…...

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Reaching the unreachable with reproductive healthcare: Q&A with WINGS

January 24, 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…...

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China's population has peaked — that's good news

January 20, 2023 | Post

The country with the largest population for the past 300 years, now home to 1.4 billion people, has officially begun shrinking, according to new demographic data. Many media outlets are painting this development as a potential disaster — it isn’t. Rather, it represents a necessary transition to a more sustainable…...

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Re: China’s Population Has Shrunk. India Might Now Be the World’s Most Populous Country

January 17, 2023 | Post

We submitted the following letter to the editor at TIME magazine on January 17, 2023, and are sharing it below since it wasn’t published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how to do that. You can see…...

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Re: China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis

January 17, 2023 | Post

We submitted the following letter to The New York Times editor on January 17, 2023, and are sharing it below since it wasn't published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how to do that. You can see…...

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Unlocking the potential of Zambia's youth: Q&A with the African Education Program

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…...

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This one action could save the world—so why does no one talk about it?

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.…...

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Re: America’s Population Could Use a Boom

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…...

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Building a women-led movement for nature: Q&A with Women for Conservation

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…...

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Will the new global biodiversity agreement halt the extinction crisis?

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…...

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