UNFPA
Reader diary posted by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA November 18, 2009 - 7:50pm
Thoraya Obaid, executive director of the UN Population Fund about family planning: “There is no investment in development that costs so little and brings benefits that are so far-reaching and enormous”.
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Reader diary posted by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA November 7, 2009 - 12:35am
We need a peaceful, purposeful, stubborn and obstinate revolution.
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By Susan Cohen, Guttmacher Institute October 15, 2009 - 4:12pm
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute highlights the urgency for increasing U.S. international family planning assistance and for the US to help mitigate the impact of unsafe abortion.
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Reader diary posted by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA August 28, 2009 - 8:24pm
Pulitzer Prize winning authors Kristof and Wudunn put it all together in a new book, Half the Sky:Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. .
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Reader diary posted by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA July 9, 2009 - 12:12am
Family planning has finally come to the forefront of worldwide discussions on population, development, poverty, the environment, and peace.
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Reader diary posted by Nancy Keenan, NARAL Pro-Choice America April 29, 2009 - 10:11am
This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post. As the political leader of the pro-choice movement, NARAL Pro-Choice America mark's President Obama's 100 day milestone as yet another reminder of how electing leaders who support the fundamental American values of freedom and privacy does make a difference in the lives of women and their families.
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Reader diary posted by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA April 15, 2009 - 3:52pm
On April 14, 2009 on Frontline World at PBS a young man in the Swat
valley of Pakistan was interviewed. He compared women to plastic bags,
either to throw away or to be kept in the home. Wonderful!
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Margaret Pollock, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration, Department of State and head of the U.S. delegation, delivered the much anticipated U.S. statement to the Commission on March 31.
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By Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute March 18, 2009 - 7:00am
Now that the US has reinstated funding for UNFPA, our country can retake the lead on international family planning at upcoming UN meetings on population and development.
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President Obama's restoration of funding to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, sends a strong message to the world's women that the new president's promise of change is more than just a political slogan.
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