News Update: Budget Stalemates, UNFPA Funding & Upcoming AIDS Conference
May 1, 2004
This summer promises to be a busy one. The situation in Iraq, the political conventions and the Olympics are just some of the events likely to dominate the news. However, there will be a number of other newsworthy events related to foreign aid and global health in which PAI will be actively involved:
News Update: Tenth Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
May 1, 2004
Your opinion about the direction of our country's foreign policy will play a central role in determining who wins this year's U.S. presidential election. One issue that needs more attention, especially since the majority of U.S. citizens support family planning and reproductive health issues at home and abroad, is foreign aid. Given the unprecedented number of young people in the developing world entering their reproductive years and concerns about what lies ahead for them, now is the time to think about the tenth anniversary of the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (also known as ICPD at 10).
News Update: Budget wrap-ups and Countdown 2015
February 17, 2004
With Congress gearing up for work on spending bills for fiscal 2005, U.S. policy and funding for international family planning programs will likely be a catalyst for conflict once again. The following summarizes where things stand now — and what may lie ahead.
FY 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Signed Into Law
On January 23 President Bush signed the FY04 Omnibus Appropriations bill. The omnibus allocates $432 million for international family planning programs, which is $7 million more than the President's request, but $14.5 million less than last year's level. Support for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was earmarked for “up to” $34 million.
Foreign Aid Spending Signed Into Law
January 23, 2004
PAI Asks to “See the Check” for UNFPA
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).
On World AIDS Day - Debunking the Myth that Condoms are Available to Everyone Who Wants Them
December 1, 2003
Today, more than 20 years after the virus made itself known, 14,000 people a day – almost 10 people a minute – become unnecessarily infected with HIV. A growing number of these new infections occur through heterosexual sex. The best protection against sexually transmitted HIV remains the condom, yet condom availability in areas hardest hit by the pandemic remains dangerously low.
Bush Administration's Global Gag Rule Jeopardizing Health Care, Weakening HIV/AIDS Prevention and Endangering Lives
September 24, 2003
Study is the First Conducted on the Effects of the Policy in Africa and Eastern Europe
The Bush Administration's Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, endangers the lives and health of women, children and families in some of the world's poorest countries, a new report released today finds. Access Denied: U.S. Restrictions on International Family Planning takes an in-depth look into the policy's effects — and comes less than a month after the President extended the Global Gag Rule to State Department family planning funds.
Bush Expansion of Global Gag Rule Shameful, Says Population Action International
August 28, 2003
Today's decision by the Bush Administration to extend the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, to State Department family planning programs has been strongly condemned by Population Action International (PAI).
House Votes "No" For UNFPA
July 15, 2003
Population Action International (PAI) today expressed its dismay over a House vote to deny funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
World Population Day 2003: Spotlight on Adolescent Reproductive Health Care
July 10, 2003
Population Action International (PAI) is urging President Bush, visiting Africa this week, and other world leaders to mark World Population Day (July 11, 2003) by helping this generation of young people gain access to reproductive health care.
The Gag Must Go!
July 9, 2003
PAI Applauds Senate Vote to Overturn Global Gag Rule
Population Action International (PAI) today warmly welcomed Senate acceptance of an amendment overturning the global gag rule.
