A (Foot) Step in the Right Direction
November 7, 2001
UNFPA Report Recommends Increased Funding for Population, Environment
Population Action International (PAI) joins the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in marking the release today of the State of World Population 2001 Report, Footprints and Milestones: Population and Environmental Change. This report outlines the critical linkages between women's reproductive health, poverty, and environmental degradation.
A (Foot) Step in the Right Direction – UNFPA Report Recommends Increased Funding for Population, Environment
November 7, 2001
Population Action International (PAI) joins the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in marking the release today of the State of World Population 2001 Report, Footprints and Milestones: Population and Environmental Change. This report outlines the critical linkages between women's reproductive health, poverty, and environmental degradation.
Impact of Global Gag Rule Insufficiently Documented In the Past – Research Needed to Determine Current Health Consequences, says PAI
October 18, 2001
More research is needed on the impact of the Mexico City Policy (also known as the global gag rule) in countries where the U.S. supports reproductive health providers in developing countries, according to an article by Rich Cincotta, Senior Research Associate at Population Action International (PAI), and Barbara Crane, Executive Vice-President of Ipas. The article, entitled "The Mexico City Policy and U.S. Family Planning Assistance," appears in the October 19 issue of the international journal, Science, and discusses earlier research efforts to assess the impact of the policy when it was first in effect (1984-93).
Impact of Global Gag Rule Insufficiently Documented In the Past
October 18, 2001
Research Needed to Determine Current Health Consequences, says PAI
More research is needed on the impact of the Mexico City Policy (also known as the global gag rule) in countries where the U.S. supports reproductive health providers in developing countries, according to an article by Rich Cincotta, Senior Research Associate at Population Action International (PAI), and Barbara Crane, Executive Vice-President of Ipas. The article, entitled "The Mexico City Policy and U.S. Family Planning Assistance," appears in the October 19 issue of the international journal, Science, and discusses earlier research efforts to assess the impact of the policy when it was first in effect (1984-93).
PAI Extends Condolences
September 12, 2001
Population Action International (PAI) today issued the following statement from Amy Coen, President of the organization.
What You Need to Know About the Global Gag Rule and U.S. HIV/AIDS Assistance: An Unofficial Guide
August 15, 2001
The Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, was reinstated in 2001.It is a complicated policy for which explanations are rarely brief. Consequently, it is widely misunderstood and often over-interpreted. Anecdotal evidence from the field strongly suggests that the Global Gag Rule restrictions on U.S. family planning assistance are being mistakenly applied to other U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) accounts,especially U.S. assistance for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care.
House Approves Funds for Family Planning - $425 Million for Family Planning Overseas Far Short of "Fair Share"
July 26, 2001
Population Action International (PAI) applauds the House of Representatives' 381-46 vote on July 24 to approve the House Foreign Operations spending bill (HR 2506), which includes $425 million for international family planning and $487 million for HIV/AIDS programs.
PAI Marks World Population Day – Population, Environment & Development Are "Fundamentally Linked"
July 11, 2001
Population Action International (PAI) joins hundreds of organizations and governments around the world in observing World Population Day this July 11, a day set aside by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to build awareness of population issues.
Prevent, Supply, and Fund Prevention is Key to Fight Against HIV/AIDS
June 25, 2001
As the U.N. Special Session on HIV/AIDS begins, Population Action International (PAI) is urging the international community to place preventive efforts-and the resources to fund them-at the center of the fight against HIV/AIDS. The special session, taking place at UN headquarters in New York this week (June 25-27), seeks to outline ways to intensify international action to fight the AIDS pandemic and mobilize the necessary resources.
House Vote Narrowly Upholds Global Gag Rule; Jeffords Switch Alters Outlook For International Family Planning
May 30, 2001
On May 16, the House of Representatives voted, 218-210, to uphold the global gag rule. Specifically, the House passed an amendment offered by Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) to remove language passed by the House International
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