PAI Blog
Family Planning Can Level the Playing Field for Women Everywhere
This post was originally a guest column for Women Deliver. Like many Americans, I just completed the annual ritual of filing my taxes. In the process, I noticed, as some of you might have, the box asking whether I wanted … Continue reading
Senate Briefing Stresses Family Planning as Development “Best Buy”
Anna has five children, or in the words of her mother-in-law, not enough. The first time health workers from PSI Tanzania came to her house, Anna’s mother-in-law wouldn’t even let them through the door. She was misinformed, citing myth after … Continue reading
Learning from Kenya and Malawi on Climate Change
PAI senior researcher Clive Mutunga presented at the Wilson Center yesterday on a panel on “Population Dynamics, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Kenya and Malawi.” “Demographic trends and reproductive health are likely to affect the … Continue reading
By the numbers: Any way you slice it, women need contraception
Last week, a new study out of The Lancet projected that in 2015, 233 million married or in-union women worldwide will have an unmet need for modern family planning. The bad news: that’s 12 million more women globally since 2010 … Continue reading
It’s Time to End Violence Against Women
It happens on the streets of every community, and for many women, in their very own homes. It can occur on public transportation, like in the brutal rape and subsequent death of a young woman in New Delhi. It can … Continue reading
Countdown to Sequestration: What Cuts Could Mean for International Family Planning
One week from today—unless Congress and the President reach a deal to avoid it—an across-the-board cut in federal spending will cause international family planning and reproductive health programs to lose tens of millions of dollars, resulting in the denial of … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, PEPFAR!
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Now that the program is entering its tween years, we think it’s time it started taking contraception more seriously. With the creation of … Continue reading
Why we’re pro-choice
Forty years after Roe v. Wade, there is still much work to be done, both here and around the world, to ensure all women have the freedom to make basic choices about childbearing. PAI is a pro-choice organization and everything … Continue reading
Time for Examination: My Visit to a Community Clinic in Khulna, Bangladesh
In October of this year, I had the opportunity to visit the Khulna office of Eminence. I was struck by the stark facilities: a bare office, minimum materials, a remote location – and one staff member, with big arms, a … Continue reading
Drumbeats of Change from Malawi
Traveling to Africa, the continent of my birth, right after the U.S. elections results is particularly rewarding for me. Of course, there is palpable delight prevailing throughout the continent on the re-election of President Obama. Yet my excitement has … Continue reading