Topic: United Nations Population Fund
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Catholic Church's ban on the use of contraception is not to blame for the population boom that is about to tip the world over the seven billion mark because most Catholics ignore it, a UN Population Fund (UNFPA) ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Irish President Mary Robinson was just making polite conversation when she asked an Ethiopian teenager about her wedding day.The 16-year-old had already been married a year."She looked at me with the saddest eyes and said, 'I had to ...
DAKAR (Reuters) - The Horn of Africa food crisis shows the need to provide the world's poor with better access to family planning as part of efforts to prevent future tragedies, the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said.The United ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The world's population is projected to pass 7 billion on October 31 as it heads toward 10 billion or more by the end of the century, a new U.N. report said on Tuesday.The report also predicted that the ...
The demand for voluntary family planning, a recognized human right, is global and rapidly growing. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, estimates that 200 million women, mostly in the developing world, want but lack access to modern, effective family planning methods. As ...
The Obama administration is giving ordinary people a chance to become a part of the change the campaign promised. Americans for UNFPA are promoting a cause we can definitely get behind: With your help, it could be one of the 10 winning ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 percent and newborn deaths cut by nearly half if investment in family planning and pregnancy care was doubled, the United Nations said Thursday.A U.N.-backed report said investments in family ...
A new 12 million dollar family planning drive launched here Wednesday highlights how Obama administration funding has revamped a contraception drive in Africa and developing states, UN officials said, noting a sharp turnaround from the Bush era.The change in US policy was ...
Among a slew of executive orders Barack Obama is said to be drafting, observers believe one may lift a ban on US funding for overseas family planning groups that even dare mention abortion. "The previous Democratic president Bill Clinton just a couple ...
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