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Roundup: Sex Education, Impending HHS Regulation and Changing Abortion Demographics

by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

September 23, 2008 - 10:22am (Print)

Response to a confusing critique of D.C.'s sex education curriculum; An interview with Judy Waxman on the eve of the impending HHS "conscience" regulation; Roundup of reporting on the new Guttmacher abortion demographics study.

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Combating Global Warming Brings Population Back to the Agenda

by Leiwen Jiang, Population Action International

July 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

In recent years, population has fallen off the international environment and development agenda. Could climate change refocus our attention on population growth?

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Should We Be Talking About Population and Climate Change?

by Karen Hardee, Population Action International

July 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

If we don't stay in the discussion on population and climate change and insist on family planning and reproductive health programs that respect individual rights, what solutions might emerge from people who are unaware about what can happen when population policies and programs are driven purely by demographic targets?

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Global Climate Change: What Does it Mean for the World’s Women?

by Malea Hoepf Young, Population Action International

July 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Just as climate change unequally impacts wealthy and low income countries, as well as the rich and poor within countries, it also disproportionately takes a toll on women.

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Taking On Population and Climate Change

by Carolyn Vogel, Population Action International

July 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

There are many ways to frame the linkages between population and climate change -- and the reproductive health community can make the connection in a way that promotes women's rights and empowerment.

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Demographic Security and the CIA

by Elizabeth Leahy, Population Action International (PAI)

May 30, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden recently identified population growth as one of three top destabilizing trends currently facing the world.

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Complex Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS

by Elizabeth Leahy, Population Action International (PAI)

January 11, 2008 - 9:05am (Print)

Despite the major effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on mortality and life expectancy, populations are continuing to grow even in the hardest-hit countries. With so much uncertainty about the number of people living with HIV/AIDS, the demographic impact is still incompletely understood.

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