In this Issue:

SEhlersHope in Dialogue: Report Back from the 5th Asia and Pacific Conference

The 5th Asia and Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) took place last week in Beijing, China. PAI’s Interim President, Suzanne Ehlers, blogs from the conference on the difficulties that interventions as cost effective as family planning and reproductive health are having mobilizing adequate resources. Read the full blog here.

Youth at APAYouth Voices from the 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

The Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (APA) worked to strengthen, improve, and expand youth activities at the 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights held in Beijing, China last month. Alice Ruxton of the Australia Reproductive Health Alliance discusses how commitments made at the conference are opportunities for future advocacy for  young people. Read her article here.

waiting room at health clinicAdapting to Climate Change: The Role of Reproductive Health & Family Planning

In spite of all of the uncertainty leading up to the Copenhagen climate talks in December, one thing is clear: Adaptation needs are the most urgent in the least developed countries. PAI’s Clive Mutunga discusses the impacts of climate change on the world’s most vulnerable populations, many of whom will experience or are already experiencing drought, floods, extreme weather, changing disease vectors, and declining agricultural production. Read Clive’s blog here.

Click here to read about PAI’s work on National Adaptation Programs of Action.

Earthbeat logoEarthbeat Radio Interview: Kathleen Mogelgaard on Population and Climate Change

Kathleen Mogelgaard, PAI’s Senior Program Manager for Population and Climate Change was interviewed by Mike Tidwell at Earthbeat Radio as part of their series leading up to Copenhagen. Kathleen emphasized how giving women the control they want over the size of their families ends up being a win-win for them, and the climate. The interview was broadcast live to over 50 radio stations across the country. Listen to the interview here.

Karen HardeeWhat Can We Learn from a Meeting for Demographers?

Karen Hardee, PAI’s Vice President for Research, participated in the Africa Population and Health Research Center’s annual International Population Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco in October. Karen highlights the challenges raised by participants of addressing population issues on the continent in the midst of many other pressing issues, including the current economic downturn and climate change. Click here to read more.

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Each year over 505,000 children lose their mothers to largely preventable complications from pregnancy and childbirth – lives that would be saved by providing comprehensive family planning services to the more than 200 million women worldwide who want them but cannot currently access them.

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