Why Population Assistance Matters
December 1, 2004
In 1994, at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), 179 nations agreed on a plan for achieving universal access to basic reproductive health care by 2015. Today, vast differences remain in reproductive health status between rich and poor countries. The HIV/AIDS pandemic exacts a growing toll in human lives and threatens economic growth in some of the world's poorest countries. Donors focused on achieving the Millennium Development Goals – and concerned with poverty reduction, human rights, health and development – must help ensure the adequate flow of financial resources (referred to as population assistance) for sexual and reproductive health services.
Where Are We Now? Report Card Finds Mixed Results Worldwide 10 Years After 179 Governments Pledged to Improve Health and Women’s Status
August 31, 2004
Twenty-three countries have made significant progress toward the health and reproductive rights goals of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), but 17 countries have achieved little or nothing, or actually lost ground, according to a new report card.
Where Are We Now? Report Card Finds Mixed Results Worldwide 10 Years After 179 Governments Pledged to Improve Health and Women's Status
August 31, 2004
Twenty-three countries have made significant progress toward the health and reproductive rights goals of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), but 17 countries have achieved little or nothing, or actually lost ground, according to a new report card.
Population Action International Decries President Bush’s Decision to Withhold U.S. Funding from U.N. Population Fund
July 16, 2004
A Statement from Amy Coen, President/CEO, Population Action International
We were hoping that President Bush would prove advocates for international family planning and reproductive health programs wrong this year and approve U.S. funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA). The decision, though not unexpected, really demonstrates this administration's penchant for putting politics ahead of people and plain common sense. Most importantly, it means that countless women in developing countries will be deprived of desperately needed reproductive health care – services that so many women in the Western world take for granted.
Counting Condoms: Donors Coming Up Short – U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), PAI and Others Say U.S. Policies Impede Global Fight Against AIDS
July 14, 2004
U.S. policies to fight the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS through ‘abstinence-until-marriage' programs are biased and unproven, according to policy and education experts who participated in a recent audio news conference during the XV International AIDS Conference.
Counting Condoms: Donors Coming Up Short
July 14, 2004
U.S. policies to fight the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS through ‘abstinence-until-marriage' programs are biased and unproven, according to policy and education experts who participated in a recent audio news conference during the XV International AIDS Conference.
PAI Dismayed by House Appropriations Committee Vote Against the Lowey Amendment to Restore U.S. Funding to UNFPA
July 9, 2004
Population Action International (PAI) today expressed its dismay over a House Appropriations Committee vote of 26-32 against the Lowey amendment to provide $25 million in U.S. funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for work in six countries with extreme family planning needs and significant national security implications. The countries included in the amendment were: Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Pakistan, Kenya and Tanzania.
PAI Dismayed by House Appropriations Committee Vote Against the Lowey Amendment to Restore U.S. Funding to UNFPA
July 9, 2004
Population Action International (PAI) today expressed its dismay over a House Appropriations Committee vote of 26-32 against the Lowey amendment to provide $25 million in U.S. funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for work in six countries with extreme family planning needs and significant national security implications. The countries included in the amendment were: Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Pakistan, Kenya and Tanzania.
How Reproductive Health Services and Supplies Are Key to HIV/AIDS Prevention
June 1, 2004
Sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning, are among the most important elements of the global effort to contain the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Through a well-established infrastructure, they help provide the supplies, education and information that are known to be effective in preventing the spread of infection.
How the Global Gag Rule Undermines U.S. Foreign Policy and Harms Women's Health
June 1, 2004
Family planning opponents in the U.S. Congress have long sought to place burdensome restrictions on U.S. population assistance. One such restriction is the Mexico City Policy, known to its opponents as the Global Gag Rule, which has proven detrimental to America's foreign policy objectives, to family planning programs in developing countries, and to women's health.
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