July 11, 2022 | Post
July 11th is World Population Day, which seeks to “focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.” World Population Day was conceived by the United Nations and first observed on July 11, 1990. According to the UN, our global population is expected to reach a major milestone this…...
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March 11, 2021 | Post
We don’t talk about population issues to a classroom of fifth-graders the same way we would at a retirement community—although our core population stabilization message is always there. Closing gaps between what we intend to say and what others may hear requires an understanding of what others bring to the…...
Read MoreMarch 11, 2024 | Article
Meet Our New Field Assistant, YoVanna Solomon YoVanna Solomon returned to us in 2023 after earning a graduate degree in Latin American Studies at the University of Florida at Gainesville. She had already gotten her feet wet at Population Connection as our Advocacy and Outreach Fellow in 2021, and now…...
Read MoreJune 10, 2024 | Article
Population growth exacerbates every significant problem in the world. It leads to millions of people who have little and need more, which causes resentment and a desire for revenge. It creates children who starve to death after a brief view of life. It has made you and me insignificant commodity…...
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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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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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September 20, 2022 | Post
Your work on electric cars and commitment to renewable energy are commendable, but you are deeply wrong about population. You’ve repeatedly expressed concern that our global population will “collapse” due to declining birth rates, stating that this represents the “biggest threat” to civilization, exceeding even the threat of climate change.…...
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July 25, 2022 | Page
Population Connection, whose mission is to educate young people and advocate progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth’s resources, is committed to the principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ), since they are fundamental to our work. In order to achieve…...
Read MoreMarch 13, 2023 | Article
Get to Know Our Global Partners 2022 Year in Review Our 2023 virtual events program kicked off with a 2022 Year in Review. Population Connection staff discussed our newest offerings for K-12 students and educators; explained how we responded to changes in the reproductive rights advocacy landscape; gave an overview…...
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March 15, 2021 | Article
I went for a [masked and distanced] walk with a friend at a local nature preserve last weekend, and it wasn’t until we were getting back to our cars that I realized we hadn’t talked about politics once. Instead, we talked about our jobs and our husbands, about the books…...
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