PAInsider: PAI News at Your Fingertips It's a busy world where we are all bombarded with emails, voicemails, IMs, advertisements, blogs, webcasts, phone calls and the like -- and we wanted to ensure that adding another communication to your inbox was worth your time. We've designed PAInsider to be the fastest, most efficient way to stay on top of new developments at Population Action International and in international family planning and reproductive health. The content is organized by subject with links to more in-depth content, giving you the opportunity to quickly scan the headlines and delve deeper into the initiatives that you most care about. Join us each month as we highlight new work, new trips and new policy developments from the U.S. and abroad.  -- Amy Coen, President/CEO Population Action International

Abstaining from Reality Premieres in British Parliament Abstaining from Reality: U.S. Restrictions on HIV Prevention exposes the dangers of U.S. abstinence-only HIV prevention policies, told through first-hand accounts of the women and men affected by the epidemic in Kenya and Uganda. PAI, joined by two of the women featured in the film, Rosemarie Muganda Onyando, Director of the Centre for the Study of Adolescence, and Juliet Awuor, an HIV-positive woman from Kenya, toured the documentary throughout Europe last month. Next month, the tour comes to the U.S. with a May 15th screening on Capitol Hill. Read about Abstaining from Reality and the European Tour Read about Amy Coen's inspiring trip to London with Juliet Awuor Watch Abstaining from Reality online Email pubinq@popact.org to order a copy

PAI Captivates UN Audience with The Shape of Things to Come On April 11, PAI released its new report, The Shape of Things to Come: Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World, at a luncheon supported by the delegation of the Netherlands during the UN Commission on Population and Development. The report provides valuable new insights into the programs and investments that can make countries "healthier" -- more peaceful, more democratic, and better able to provide for the needs of their people. In particular, youth are a tremendous asset for any society, especially if they are educated, healthy and living in a safe and equitable world. This report shows why investments in programs that respond to their needs are so important. Download The Shape of Things to Come and its Fact Sheet New York Times Article: Very Young Populations Contribute to Strife, Study Concludes ViewPoint: PAI Unveils The Shape of Things to Come

Three New Bills Show Congressional Support for International Family Planning The new Democratic Congress is showing a strong commitment to strengthening U.S. funding and support for international family planning and reproductive health programs. Three important new pieces of legislation have already been introduced in Congress -- the Prevention Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth (PATHWAY) Act, the Global Democracy Promotion Act and the Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2007 -- and we encourage our readers to contact their representatives and urge them to support these crucial pieces of legislation. Read the full article ViewPoint: Congress Must Face Reality: Pass the PATHWAY Act

PAI Receives 2007 Mildred Robbins Leet Award for the Advancement of Women PAI has been chosen as a recipient of the 2007 Mildred Robbins Leet Award for the Advancement of Women. The award, given by Interaction's Commission on the Advancement of Women, is designed to honor "breakthroughs in women's empowerment and gender equality in the context of alleviating poverty and/or effective development." PAI is being recognized for demonstrating exceptional leadership in linking reproductive health services and environmental concerns through community-based population and environment work. Read more about the Leet Award Fact Sheet: Community-Based Population and Environment Programs: Integrating Resource Conservation and Reproductive Health

Kenya and PAI—A History of Partnership PAI has a long history of collaborating with in-country partners in Kenya. Our Public Policy and Strategic Intiatives intern, Beth Orero, highlights the partnerships PAI has established with her home country of Kenya. Read the full article

Longtime PAI Donor Takes Advantage of a Unique Charitable Tax Benefit Changes in the tax code usually aren't good news, but longtime PAI donor Julian Babad (pictured, left) was able to take advantage of the "Pension Protection Act of 2006" and triple his annual support for PAI while simultaneously reducing his taxes! Read the full article Read more about the Pension Protection Act of 2006