New Study Gives United States a "C" for Lagging Support of International Reproductive Health and Population Efforts – 21 Donor Countries Ranked According to Level of Support
December 2, 2004
In a comprehensive study released today by Population Action International (PAI) — an independent policy and research organization based in Washington, D.C. — the United States ranks 16th and receives a “C” on a list of 21 donor countries graded according to their financial and political support for international reproductive health and population programs.
Where Are We Now? Report Card Finds Mixed Results Worldwide 10 Years After 179 Governments Pledged to Improve Health and Women's Status
August 31, 2004
Twenty-three countries have made significant progress toward the health and reproductive rights goals of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), but 17 countries have achieved little or nothing, or actually lost ground, according to a new report card.
Counting Condoms: Donors Coming Up Short – U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), PAI and Others Say U.S. Policies Impede Global Fight Against AIDS
July 14, 2004
U.S. policies to fight the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS through ‘abstinence-until-marriage' programs are biased and unproven, according to policy and education experts who participated in a recent audio news conference during the XV International AIDS Conference.
PAI Dismayed by House Appropriations Committee Vote Against the Lowey Amendment to Restore U.S. Funding to UNFPA
July 9, 2004
Population Action International (PAI) today expressed its dismay over a House Appropriations Committee vote of 26-32 against the Lowey amendment to provide $25 million in U.S. funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for work in six countries with extreme family planning needs and significant national security implications. The countries included in the amendment were: Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Pakistan, Kenya and Tanzania.
Foreign Aid Spending Signed Into Law – PAI Asks to "See the Check" for UNFPA
January 23, 2004
Population Action International responded with guarded enthusiasm to the enactment of the FY 2004 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which allocates $432 million for international family planning programs, and earmarks support for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
