PAI Launches New Online Index of Donor Country Spending
September 14, 2005
PAI Launches New Online Index of Donor Country Spending
Update to 2004 Report Now Availalbe on PopulationAction.org
As the 2005 World Summit convenes in New York to address global development issues, PAI today has launched a new online index of donor country spending and an update to its 2004 report, Progress & Promises: Trends in International Assistance for Reproductive Health and Population.
The Longer the Administration Waits, the More Women’s Lives Are at Stake
September 12, 2005
Every year by this time the Bush Administration has announced its decision to withhold critical funds from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This year the Administration is dragging its heels in announcing what will undoubtedly be a similar decision, not only at the expense of UNFPA and its critical health programs, but also of the women and families U.S. assistance is designed to reach.
Bolton-Style Diplomacy Makes its Debut
September 6, 2005
Only one month after President Bush's controversial recess appointment of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Bolton is leading the United States in another attempt to rewrite a landmark consensus document and in doing so is further isolating this country from the international community – precisely the behavior anticipated by those who opposed Bolton's appointment.
Decisions on International Family Planning Funding and Policy Await Congress After August Recess
August 29, 2005
On June 28, 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives approved by a vote of 393-32 the fiscal year (FY) 2006 spending bill for Foreign Operations. Included in this annual appropriations bill is funding for all U.S. international development assistance, including family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) programs.
Decisions on International Family Planning Funding and Policy Await Congress After August Recess
August 29, 2005
On June 28, 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives approved by a vote of 393-32 the fiscal year (FY) 2006 spending bill for Foreign Operations. Included in this annual appropriations bill is funding for all U.S. international development assistance, including family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) programs.
The Critical Link Between Population Growth and Hunger
August 22, 2005
Severe food shortages in Niger have captured the world's attention by illustrating the devastating nature of chronic hunger and famine. Chronic hunger, also known as food insecurity, affects approximately 850 million people worldwide and causes the vast majority of hunger-related deaths in the world today. While poverty and natural disasters are the most common causes of food insecurity, rapid population growth is intensifying the situation in parts of the developing world by overburdening already strained financial and natural resources.
A Friendly Reminder From Youth
August 15, 2005
The largest generation of young people in history is entering its reproductive years. Yet rarely do these youth have access to the detailed and accurate information about sexuality and reproduction they need to make the informed decisions that affect their lives. On the occasion of this year's International Youth Day, the United Nations is calling on governments and civil society organizations to remain committed to the promises they have made to their youth – and PAI joins the UN in this call.
Bush's New Loyalty Oath Violates First Amendment
August 12, 2005
Population Action International Commends Lawsuit Challenging Ideological Restrictions on U.S. HIV/AIDS Funds
PAI commends the lawsuit filed yesterday challenging the constitutionality of U.S. restrictions recently extended to U.S.-based organizations that provide HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
U.S. EC Restrictions are Nothing New to Women Overseas
August 8, 2005
A debate is emerging in the United States over the availability of and access to emergency contraception. But for women in developing countries – whose access to this critical family planning method has been hindered for years by restrictive U.S. policies – this debate is hardly new.
Supporting Prevention Could Make the Need for Treating Fistula Obsolete
August 1, 2005
More than 2 million women in the developing world suffer from obstetric fistula, a condition that results from complications during childbirth. An estimated 50,000-100,000 women are left incontinent by fistula every year, but not in much of the Western world where access to robust reproductive health and family planning services is widespread. Women with access to these services, specifically contraception, can protect themselves from fistula by delaying, spacing and limiting their pregnancies. But rather than help make those services available to more women, the Bush Administration and its allies in Congress are once again favoring treatment over prevention.
