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</div> <div style="clear: both;"> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="content-inner"> <div id="alpha"> <div id="alpha-inner">  <div id="entry-179" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/12/climate-change-the-human-faces.html">The Human Faces of Climate Change in Ethiopia </a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Karen_Hardee.shtml">Karen Hardee</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-12-04T17:16:29-05:00">December 4, 2009 5:16 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/12/climate-change-the-human-faces.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/12/climate-change-the-human-faces.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/12/climate-change-the-human-faces.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i><b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/12/04/the-human-faces-climate-change-adaptation-ethiopia">Originally published on RH Reality Check</a></b></i><br/></p><p>The old adage, think globally and act locally, should be heeded in discussing solutions to climate change.  While changes in industrialized country consumption patterns and technological solutions are needed to help stop the flow of dangerous greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and rendering the planet hotter and hotter, they will be insufficient to address the other side of climate change - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/Publications/Working_Papers/August_2009_Climate/Summary.shtml">helping the most vulnerable people adapt to its effects</a>.  Adaptation requires community-based and integrated approaches to help people cope.   Involving communities and devising solutions based on local environmental and social conditions is the only sustainable approach.</p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/12/climate-change-the-human-faces.html#more">The Human Faces of Climate Change in Ethiopia </a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-178" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/11/pakistans-demographic-challeng.html">Pakistan's Demographic Challenge Is Not Just Economic</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Elizabeth_Leahy.shtml">Elizabeth Leahy Madsen</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-11-16T14:11:38-05:00">November 16, 2009 2:11 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/11/pakistans-demographic-challeng.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/11/pakistans-demographic-challeng.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/11/pakistans-demographic-challeng.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2009/11/guest-contributor-elizabeth-leahy.html">Originally published in The New Security Beat</a></i></p> <p>In a meeting with business leaders in Lahore in late October, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pointedly warned of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/10/favicon.ico">potential economic impacts of Pakistan's rapidly growing population</a>: "There has to be...in any plan for your own economic future, a hard look at where you're going to get the resources to meet these needs. You do have somewhere between 170 and 180 million people. Your population is projected to be about 300 million as the current birth rates, which are among the highest in the world, continue," she said.</p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/11/pakistans-demographic-challeng.html#more">Pakistan's Demographic Challenge Is Not Just Economic</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-177" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/hope-in-dialogue-thoughts-on-t.html">Hope in Dialogue: Thoughts on the 5th Asia and Pacific Conference</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Suzanne_Ehlers.shtml">Suzanne Ehlers</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-10-20T17:34:36-05:00">October 20, 2009 5:34 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/hope-in-dialogue-thoughts-on-t.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/hope-in-dialogue-thoughts-on-t.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/hope-in-dialogue-thoughts-on-t.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; "><p>by Suzanne Ehlers</p><p>The 5th Asia and Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) is currently underway in Beijing, China. Today, I am moderating a session co-hosted by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.asiapacificalliance.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 51); ">Asia Pacific Alliance (APA)</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.jica.go.jp/english/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 51); ">Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)</a>. The session, titled Meet the Donors, explored resource mobilization and Millennium Development Goal 5 (improving maternal health) through the lens of a theme raised in the day's opening sessions: In a climate of continuing financial gloom, how is it that an intervention as cost effective as family planning and reproductive health is still having difficulty mobilizing adequate resources?</p><p><br/></p></span> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/hope-in-dialogue-thoughts-on-t.html#more">Hope in Dialogue: Thoughts on the 5th Asia and Pacific Conference</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-176" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/adapting-to-climate-change-the.html">Adapting to Climate Change: The Role of Reproductive Health & Family Planning </a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author">Clive Mutunga</address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-10-20T17:19:13-05:00">October 20, 2009 5:19 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/adapting-to-climate-change-the.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/adapting-to-climate-change-the.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/adapting-to-climate-change-the.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><p>by Clive Mutunga</p><p>In spite of all of the uncertainty leading up to the Copenhagen climate talks in December, one thing is clear: Adaptation needs are the most urgent in the least developed countries. These countries are expected to feel the brunt of climate change impacts: drought, floods, extreme weather, changing disease vectors, declining agricultural production - despite having contributed the least to it. For people in countries most affected by climate change, finding and supporting adaptation strategies that strengthen people's resilience and ability to cope with the effects of changes in climate is critical. My colleague Karen Hardee and I explored these issues and how population fits in our recent study,<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/Publications/Working_Papers/August_2009_Climate/Summary.shtml"> </a><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/Publications/Working_Papers/August_2009_Climate/Summary.shtml">Population and Reproductive Health in National Adaptation Programs of Action for Climate Change</a>.</em></strong><br/><br/><br/></p></span> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/adapting-to-climate-change-the.html#more">Adapting to Climate Change: The Role of Reproductive Health & Family Planning </a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-175" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/female-genital-mutilation-thre-1.html">Female Genital Mutilation: Three Generations Later</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author">Esraa Bani</address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-10-06T14:30:16-05:00">October 6, 2009 2:30 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/female-genital-mutilation-thre-1.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/female-genital-mutilation-thre-1.html#comments">Comments (2)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/female-genital-mutilation-thre-1.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/half-the-sky-contest-winners/"><b><i>Female Genital Mutilation: Three Generations Later</i></b> <b>has won an honorable mention in Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn's Half the Sky Contest! The blog was selected from more than 700 entries and will be published on the New York Times website.</b></a></p> <p><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Esraa_Bani.shtml">Esraa Bani</a> is the Advocacy Assistant in the International Advocacy and U.S. Government Relations departments of Population Action International.</em></p> <p>A little four year old lay in bed wrapped in blankets. Her teeth were chattering and her body was warm with fever because she lost too much blood. She laid still in her bed as tears rolled down her face. Days passed by without her sleeping or eating because the pain was too much for her frail body to bear.</p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/female-genital-mutilation-thre-1.html#more">Female Genital Mutilation: Three Generations Later</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-174" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/dont-mess-around-in-texas.html">Don't Mess Around in Texas</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Suzanne_Ehlers.shtml">Suzanne Ehlers</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-10-05T11:25:34-05:00">October 5, 2009 11:25 AM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/dont-mess-around-in-texas.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/dont-mess-around-in-texas.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/dont-mess-around-in-texas.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://community.feministing.com/abstinenceonly-education/">Originally posted on feministing.</a></em></p> <p>When I graduated from high school in San Antonio, Texas, I can remember at least two dozen girls (out of a class of 600) pregnant or already with babies. It may seem astonishing now, but it was fairly normal in 1991: so normal, in fact, that our high school had responded with an academic track geared toward expectant and young mothers.</p> <p>Based on this history, I wasn't totally shocked to learn that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://community.feministing.com/abstinenceonly-education/">President Bush's abstinence-only program</a> led to a 57 percent rise in student pregnancy in the Lone Star state.</p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/10/dont-mess-around-in-texas.html#more">Don't Mess Around in Texas</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-173" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/09/climate-change-population-grow.html">Climate Change, Population Growth and Reproductive Health: It's About More Than Reducing Emissions</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/mogelgaard.shtml">Kathleen Mogelgaard</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-09-29T12:03:01-05:00">September 29, 2009 12:03 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/09/climate-change-population-grow.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/09/climate-change-population-grow.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/09/climate-change-population-grow.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p>by Kathleen Mogelgaard and Karen Hardee<br/> </p><p>This is a big week in the march towards the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, where world leaders are expected to hammer out a new global treaty to address the problem. Today, President Obama and other heads of state will meet in New York with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to discuss climate change; the subject is also likely to be high on the agenda at the G20 meetings in Pittsburgh later this week. </p> <p> Much of the focus this week and leading up to the meeting in Copenhagen in December is on reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change: who should have to cut, by how much, and in what time frame. We hear a lot about cap and trade, clean energy, promoting energy efficiency, and other technological solutions. For years, reducing emissions has been the focus of efforts to address climate change. But we know now that reducing emissions is not enough: millions of lives are being upended by the effects of changes in climate - food scarcity, water scarcity, vulnerability to natural disasters and infectious diseases, and population displacement.  Women and children are the most vulnerable groups to climate change.  </p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/09/climate-change-population-grow.html#more">Climate Change, Population Growth and Reproductive Health: It's About More Than Reducing Emissions</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-167" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-international-youth-day-loo.html">As International Youth Day Looms, Youth in Western Countries Need to Take Control of Their SRHR, too</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author">Kirana Bammarito</address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-08-12T12:06:36-05:00">August 12, 2009 12:06 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-international-youth-day-loo.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-international-youth-day-loo.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-international-youth-day-loo.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <i>Kirana Bammarito is PAI's Communications Intern. She is a recent graduate of American University.</i><br/><br/>August 12 will mark the tenth International Youth Day as commemorated by the United Nations. In the United States, youth triumphs and tragedies alike have occurred during the past year. November saw the exciting, social-media-driven election of President Barack Obama with July revealing the dismaying, but not surprising, report that declining teen pregnancy and STI rates either <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/20/bush-teen-pregnancy-cdc-report">stalled or reversed</a> during the Bush years. Rates in the South, where authorities tout abstinence and religion as perfect sex education, are of course, the highest. </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-international-youth-day-loo.html#more">As International Youth Day Looms, Youth in Western Countries Need to Take Control of Their SRHR, too</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-168" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-an-environment-volunteer-wi.html">Family Planning Benefits Malagasy Women and the Environment</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author">Kame Westerman</address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-08-12T11:23:51-05:00">August 12, 2009 11:23 AM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-an-environment-volunteer-wi.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-an-environment-volunteer-wi.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-an-environment-volunteer-wi.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <i>Kame Westerman is PAI's Climate Change Intern. She is a current graduate student in Sustainable Development & Conservation Biology at the University of Maryland.</i><br/><br/>As an environment volunteer with the Peace Corps, I was given the task of visiting outlying villages and promoting sustainable agricultural techniques - the hope being that with increased agricultural efficiency and sustainability, there would be less need to harvest from the surrounding forests.  Yet as I quickly came to understand, sustainable agricultural techniques are a moot point if the regions' unsustainable fertility rate of just over five children per woman continues. </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/as-an-environment-volunteer-wi.html#more">Family Planning Benefits Malagasy Women and the Environment</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-169" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/today-marks-world-youth-day.html">Celebrate the Promise that Comes with New Generations</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populactionaction.org/">Gabrielle Stopper</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-08-12T11:07:01-05:00">August 12, 2009 11:07 AM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/today-marks-world-youth-day.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/today-marks-world-youth-day.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/today-marks-world-youth-day.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><em>Gabrielle Stopper, Resource Development Intern. She is a recent graduate of George Washington University.</em><br/> </p> Today marks World Youth Day and a time to celebrate the promise that comes with new generations.  Youth bring new ideas, new understanding, and new methods to achieve what was once thought impossible.  Walking around Washington DC during the summer, the streets swarming with interns, it is clear how truly exciting the future will be.  As a woman in my twenties, having attended college in DC, I have been privileged to watch and become part of the reproductive health movement, though this unique city was not what led me there.   My own youthful drive and need to question during high school fueled my first exposure to the field.  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br/></span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/08/today-marks-world-youth-day.html#more">Celebrate the Promise that Comes with New Generations</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-165" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/population-off-the-radar-not-o.html">Population: Off the Radar, Not Off the Map</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/mogelgaard.shtml">Kathleen Mogelgaard</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-06-12T14:56:52-05:00">June 12, 2009 2:56 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/population-off-the-radar-not-o.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/population-off-the-radar-not-o.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/population-off-the-radar-not-o.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-12-population-radar-map/" target="blank">Originally published in Grist</a></i></p> <p>"The main driving forces of future greenhouse gas trajectories will continue to be demographic change, social and economic development, and the rate and direction of technological change," according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/sres/emission/index.htm">Special Report on Emissions Scenarios</a>. Two of these drivers - development and technology - have been the focus of a great deal of discussion among the international community as they continue to work toward a new international climate change agreement in Bonn this week. The third, demographic change, has been conspicuously absent. </p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/population-off-the-radar-not-o.html#more">Population: Off the Radar, Not Off the Map</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-164" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/the-mundane-challenges-for-equ.html">Powerful Injustice at the Bonn Climate Talks</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/mogelgaard.shtml">Kathleen Mogelgaard</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-06-04T17:48:00-05:00">June 4, 2009 5:48 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/the-mundane-challenges-for-equ.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/the-mundane-challenges-for-equ.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/the-mundane-challenges-for-equ.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i>Published in Grist</i><br/></p><p>It's the fourth day of climate negotiations here in Bonn, and at 4:30 in the afternoon, there is a lull in the action before the start of early evening "contact groups" - official meetings of negotiators that are sometimes open to observers. Looking for a quiet place to sit down with my laptop, I have landed in the main plenary hall, sitting in the seat with a placard that reads "GEF" (Global Environment Facility, the agency charged with managing a portion of funds for international adaptation efforts). Hopefully no one will mind my brief trespass. </p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/the-mundane-challenges-for-equ.html#more">Powerful Injustice at the Bonn Climate Talks</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-163" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/climate-change-is-sexist.html">Climate Change is Sexist</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/mogelgaard.shtml">Kathleen Mogelgaard</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-06-02T17:21:41-05:00">June 2, 2009 5:21 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/climate-change-is-sexist.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/climate-change-is-sexist.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/climate-change-is-sexist.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-01-bonn-climate-change-is-sexist"><i>Originally published on Grist</i></a><br/></p><p><em>This is the second dispatch by Population Action International from global climate change talks in Bonn, Germany.  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-01-climate-change-hurts-poor">Read the first.</a></em></p> <p>One of the under-reported issues about climate change is its dramatic affect on women.  A side event I attended this afternoon, organized by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/global-gender-climate-alliance-ggca">Global Gender and Climate Alliance</a> (GGCA), included speakers from all around the world, representing men, women, government agencies, NGOs, North and South. But their messages were unified: women's historic disadvantages--limited access to resources, restricted rights, under-representation in decision making--has made them disproportionately vulnerable to climate change impacts. </p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/climate-change-is-sexist.html#more">Climate Change is Sexist</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-162" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/first-impressions-from-bonn-cl.html">First impressions from Bonn: climate change hurts the poor</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/mogelgaard.shtml">Kathleen Mogelgaard</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-06-02T17:14:07-05:00">June 2, 2009 5:14 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/first-impressions-from-bonn-cl.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/first-impressions-from-bonn-cl.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/first-impressions-from-bonn-cl.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-01-climate-change-hurts-poor">Originally published on Grist</a><br/><br/><i>Kathleen Mogelgaard is Senior Program Manager of the Population and Climate Change Program at Population Action International.</i><br/><br/>At the opening of the international climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, today, representatives from governments around the world shared their opinions on a newly released draft of a global climate treaty that will be debated and (perhaps) finalized when they meet again in Copenhagen in December.<span class="media mediaItem media-right" style="width: 307px; float: right;"><span class="credit"></span></span><br/> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/06/first-impressions-from-bonn-cl.html#more">First impressions from Bonn: climate change hurts the poor</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-161" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/05/as-canada-retreats-from-africa.html">As Canada Retreats from Africa, Will the U.S. Step Up?</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.popact.org/About_PAI/PAI_Staff.shtml">Jeffrey Locke</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-05-20T12:28:11-05:00">May 20, 2009 12:28 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/05/as-canada-retreats-from-africa.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/05/as-canada-retreats-from-africa.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/05/as-canada-retreats-from-africa.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/reader-diaries/2009/05/19/as-canada-retreats-africa-will-us-step-forward-tie-cat">First published on RH Reality Check</a></i></p> <p> "Canada has pulled away from Africa," remarked <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Lindsay">Canadian MP Dr. Keith Martin</a> during the House of Parliament screening of <em>The Silent Partner: HIV in Marriage</em> in Ottawa, "and it is appalling."  Though it was buried beneath Canadian coverage of H1N1, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1551288">Conservative Canadian government quietly announced</a> that it would slash funding for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm">Canadian International Development Agency</a> (also known as CIDA) programs <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1551288">"that don't align with government priorities."</a>   </p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/05/as-canada-retreats-from-africa.html#more">As Canada Retreats from Africa, Will the U.S. Step Up?</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-160" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/pakistans-dauntingand-deterior.html">Pakistan's Daunting--and Deteriorating--Demographic Challenge</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Tod_Preston.shtml">Tod Preston</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-04-30T13:54:50-05:00">April 30, 2009 1:54 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/pakistans-dauntingand-deterior.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/pakistans-dauntingand-deterior.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/pakistans-dauntingand-deterior.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2009/04/guest-contributor-tod-preston-on.html"><em>First published in The New Security Beat</em></a></p> <p>Every day it seems the headlines bring new worries about the future of Pakistan. But among the many challenges confronting the nation--including a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/world/asia/23buner.html?_r=3&em">growing Taliban insurgency</a>--one significant problem remains largely undiscussed: its rapidly expanding population.</p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/pakistans-dauntingand-deterior.html#more">Pakistan's Daunting--and Deteriorating--Demographic Challenge</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-159" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/is-africa-under-populated.html">Is Africa Underpopulated? Population, the Environment and Climate Change in Ethiopia</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Karen_Hardee.shtml">Karen Hardee</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-04-29T12:43:35-05:00">April 29, 2009 12:43 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/is-africa-under-populated.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/is-africa-under-populated.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/is-africa-under-populated.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <strong> </strong> <p>"Africa is under populated." Those were the shocking words of Dr. Strike Mkandla, the head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a provocative response to a presentation I gave on the links between <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://phe-ethiopia.org/admin/uploads/attachment-28-Population%20and%20Climate%20Ethiopia%20Earth%20Day%204.22.09.pdf">population and climate change</a> at Ethiopia's first celebration of Earth Day on April 22. Dr. Mkandla continued that Africa has lots of land that can contain many more people. I discussed the benefits of slower population growth for adaptation in African countries that will be the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change. The audience was surprised that the head of a United Nations agency would make such a statement, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, including from the UNEP itself and sister UN agencies. Dr. Mkandla left before I could respond or the audience could ask questions. </p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/is-africa-under-populated.html#more">Is Africa Underpopulated? Population, the Environment and Climate Change in Ethiopia</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-157" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/want-to-fight-hunger-empower-w.html">Want to Fight Hunger? Empower Women and Prioritize Family Planning</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Tod_Preston.shtml">Tod Preston</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-04-27T11:41:14-05:00">April 27, 2009 11:41 AM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/want-to-fight-hunger-empower-w.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/want-to-fight-hunger-empower-w.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/want-to-fight-hunger-empower-w.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tod-preston/want-to-fight-hunger-empo_b_190772.html"><i>Originally published in The Huffington Post</i></a><br/></p><p>Have you seen the ads? They seem to be everywhere -- from the Washington Metro system's billboards, to the New Yorker and Roll Call.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.monsanto.com/responsibility/sustainable-ag/advertisements.asp">"9 billion people to feed. A changing climate. NOW WHAT?"</a><br/></p><p>While focused on biotechnology, the ad (sponsored by Monsanto) does point to a key challenge in the years ahead: namely, the need to double agricultural output by 2050 to feed a rapidly growing world.</p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/want-to-fight-hunger-empower-w.html#more">Want to Fight Hunger? Empower Women and Prioritize Family Planning</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-156" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/going-green.html">Going Green</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author">Amber</address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-04-21T17:13:59-05:00">April 21, 2009 5:13 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/going-green.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/going-green.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/going-green.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i>Amber Kirtley is a graduate of Furman University. She is serving as Communications Intern at Population Action International for the Spring 2009 semester.</i></p> <p>Somewhere along the way "go green" stopped just being a phrase I would snap at my mother when she took too long to enter an intersection after a light or the adamant suggestion my sorority would chant to rush hopefuls during Greek recruitment. Now, "go green", to me, refers to the persistent voice chirping in all of our ears, encouraging us to alter our lifestyles and do our part to save the world.</p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/going-green.html#more">Going Green</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-155" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now.html">If I Knew Then What I Know Now</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author">Jasmine Wilkins</address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-04-14T16:09:30-05:00">April 14, 2009 4:09 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i>Jasmine Wilkins is a graduate of the College of William and Mary . She is serving as New Project Development Intern at Population Action International for the Spring 2009 semester. </i></p> As a Peace Corps Volunteer you're assigned to work with a particular sector, be it community health, small business development, food security, etc.  You receive countless hours of sector-specific training - culture, language and technical - and inevitably bond with other volunteers in the same sector.  After all, for the first three months in country they're usually the only Americans (besides select Peace Corps staff) with whom you have contact.   </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now.html#more">If I Knew Then What I Know Now</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-154" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/us-government-renews-commitmen.html">US Government Renews Commitment to Cairo; Increases Funding for ICPD </a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/dennis.shtml">Suzanna Dennis</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-04-08T13:00:48-05:00">April 8, 2009 1:00 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/us-government-renews-commitmen.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/us-government-renews-commitmen.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/us-government-renews-commitmen.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><b>by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/dennis.shtml">Suzanna Dennis</a> & <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/sanderson.shtml">Susan Anderson</a></b></p><p><b> <i>Writing from the United Nations</i> </b></p> <p>"I am honored to be here today to express the renewed and deep commitment of the United States Government to the goals and aspirations of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.unfpa.org/icpd/summary.cfm">ICPD Program of Action</a>." With <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov/press_releases/20090331_064.html">these words</a>, Margaret Pollack, head of the US Delegation to the United Nations <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.un.org/esa/population/cpd/cpd2009/comm2009.htm">Commission on Population and Development (CPD)</a> ushered in a new era of US engagement on reproductive rights at the UN. The US CPD statement is another signal of the new course the Obama Administration is steering America's policy on reproductive health. Finally we are heading in the right direction again. </p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/04/us-government-renews-commitmen.html#more">US Government Renews Commitment to Cairo; Increases Funding for ICPD </a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-152" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/the-smaller-population-size-in.html">Smaller Population Size in the New UN Population Projection Depends on Expanded Access to Family Planning</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/jiang.shtml">Leiwen Jiang</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-03-16T12:41:24-05:00">March 16, 2009 12:41 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/the-smaller-population-size-in.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/the-smaller-population-size-in.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/the-smaller-population-size-in.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p>The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs released the 21st round of its official global population projection, the <i>2008 Revision</i>, on March 11, 2009. The 2008 Revision suggests that under a medium variant assumption, in which the total fertility rate (TFR) will decline from 2.56 children per women in 2005-2010 to 2.02 in 2045-2050, the world population will likely increase from 6.83 billion in 2009 to 9.15 billion in 2050. If TFR were 0.5 higher than in the medium variant - as in a high variant assumption - world population would reach 10.5 billion. If TFR were 0.5 lower than in the medium variant - as in a low variant assumption - world population would still increase to 8 billion. Therefore, global population growth seems inevitable even if fertility decline accelerates. The trend that <i>all additional global population growth will occur exclusively in the developing world has not changed.</i></p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/the-smaller-population-size-in.html#more">Smaller Population Size in the New UN Population Projection Depends on Expanded Access to Family Planning</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-151" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/more-than-a-conference-liberat.html">More Than a Conference: Liberation, Leadership, and Liberia</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.popact.org/About_PAI/PAI_Staff/Amy_Coen.shtml">Amy Coen, President/CEO</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-03-13T16:46:53-05:00">March 13, 2009 4:46 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/more-than-a-conference-liberat.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/more-than-a-conference-liberat.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/more-than-a-conference-liberat.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-coen/more-than-a-conference-li_b_174288.html">Crossposted from the Huffington Post</a></i></p> <p>Monrovia, Liberia, March 7, 2009. The "International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security 2009" is about to get started. Presidents Johnson-Sirleaf (Liberia) - The first woman president in Africa! - and Tarja Halonen (Finland) are hosting us. It's International Women's day tomorrow. This is a good place to spend it. Even sitting in my warm clothes from cold USA weather (luggage still in transit) and a bit sticky in this tropical weather, I'm nonetheless excited, expectant and hopeful for the two days ahead. About 500 of us are sitting in the middle of the sunny football field. There is no convention hall in Monrovia - this stadium works well, has nice rooms for breakout sessions and safety barriers to protect the four Heads of State here. We don't notice the distant empty stadium seats surrounding us. We're enjoying the shade created by the attractive thatched roof of palm leaves with bamboo poles - creating an "open air tent," the plastic chairs are comfortable, the music is fun. We're waiting for the Heads of State to arrive. One organizer tells us that there were no tents big enough in Liberia for this event - it was a woman's ingenuity that came up with our protective and sweet smelling roof of palm leaves. By the end of this colloquium, I realize not much stops Liberian woman and the good men that work by their side.</p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/more-than-a-conference-liberat.html#more">More Than a Conference: Liberation, Leadership, and Liberia</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-150" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/future-prospects-for-the-youth.html">Future Prospects for the Youth in Uganda</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/">B茅atrice Daumerie</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-03-11T15:56:25-05:00">March 11, 2009 3:56 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/future-prospects-for-the-youth.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/future-prospects-for-the-youth.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/future-prospects-for-the-youth.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p>I have just concluded a nine day visit to Uganda to research the connections between population dynamics and development. This connection has been made by PAI and others on the global level but we have yet to discern how this plays out in individual countries. Uganda has one of the fastest growing populations in the world and 50 percent of its population is younger than 15 years old. How do you educate all these children? On paper, the intentions are very good. The government has supported free primary school for quite some time already and more than two-thirds of the population is literate. Recently, a bill that will allow free secondary education was passed by the Ugandan parliament. </p> </div> <div class="asset-more-link"> Continue reading <a rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/future-prospects-for-the-youth.html#more">Future Prospects for the Youth in Uganda</a>. </div> </div> <div class="asset-footer"></div> </div>  <div id="entry-149" class="entry-asset asset hentry"> <div class="asset-header"> <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/reflections-on-international-w.html">Reflections on International Women's Days Past</a></h2> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline vcard"> By <address class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/PAI_Staff/Jennifer_Johnson.shtml">Jennifer Johnson</a></address> on <abbr class="published" title="2009-03-08T10:43:11-05:00">March 8, 2009 10:43 AM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" rel="bookmark" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/reflections-on-international-w.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/reflections-on-international-w.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/03/reflections-on-international-w.html#trackback">TrackBacks (0)</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content entry-content"> <div class="asset-body"> <p><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208171056/http://populationaction.org/About_PAI/Staff_Bios/Jennifer_Johnson.shtml">Jennifer Johnson</a> is Writer/Editor at Population Action International.</i><br/></p><p>"One seething trembling sea of women." These were the words Russian revolutionary and feminist Aleksandra Kollontai used to describe the one of the first International Women's Day celebrations in 1911. The first events were organized by German socialist Klara Zetkin to call attention to the plight of the female worker. 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