PAI Embarks on Progress & Promises European Road Show
March 14, 2005
Population Action International is pleased to announce that President Amy Coen and Sally Ethelston, a PAI vice president and lead author of Progress & Promises: Trends in International Assistance for Reproductive Health and Population will be traveling to a number of European cities 12 25 March 2005 to promote the research and findings from Progress & Promises.
World's Women Deserve Basic Human Rights
March 2, 2005
Population Action International (PAI) is calling on the Bush administration to reaffirm United States support of an international agreement on women's health and rights that is currently under review at the United Nations in New York.
UN Projects Continued Rapid Population Growth in Developing Countries
February 24, 2005
Despite a widening debate in some industrialized countries over population aging and decline, new United Nations projections demonstrate that population continues to grow rapidly in much of the world and that the HIV/AIDS pandemic is far from cresting, Population Action International (PAI) noted on Thursday.
Condoms Count on National Condom Day
February 14, 2005
February 14 is not only Valentine's Day but also National Condom Day an occasion to educate and promote condom use in the United States. To date, the condom remains one of the most effective, and affordable, ways to protect against sexually-transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. For most Americans, it is quite easy to purchase condoms they are sold in drugstores, supermarkets, and even public restrooms. Yet around the world, especially in areas hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, condoms remain in dangerously short supply.
Council on Foreign Relations Calls for Restoring U.S. Leadership on International Family Planning Programs in Africa
January 17, 2005
An independent, blue-ribbon task force sponsored by the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations recently issued a detailed report calling for a more comprehensive and strategic U.S. approach toward Africa. In the report, the Task Force comprised of a diverse group of influentials from across the political spectrum highlights the pivotal role that slowing rapid population growth must play in U.S. policy toward Africa and the subsequent need for increased U.S. involvement in international family planning programs. PAI lauds the timing of the Task Force's prescriptions, given Congress' upcoming discussions on the fiscal year (FY) 2007 budget.
New Study Gives United States a "C" for Lagging Support of International Reproductive Health and Population Efforts
December 2, 2004
21 Donor Countries Ranked According to Level of Support
In a comprehensive study released today by Population Action International (PAI) an independent policy and research organization based in Washington, D.C. the United States ranks 16th and receives a C on a list of 21 donor countries graded according to their financial and political support for international reproductive health and population programs. Leading U.S. allies the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan rank 7th, 10th and 13th, respectively. The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway top the list; Spain, Austria and Portugal occupy the last three slots.
Where Are We Now? Report Card Finds Mixed Results Worldwide 10 Years After 179 Governments Pledged to Improve Health and Womens Status
August 31, 2004
Twenty-three countries have made significant progress toward the health and reproductive rights goals of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), but 17 countries have achieved little or nothing, or actually lost ground, according to a new report card.
Population Action International Decries President Bushs Decision to Withhold U.S. Funding from U.N. Population Fund
July 16, 2004
A Statement from Amy Coen, President/CEO, Population Action International
We were hoping that President Bush would prove advocates for international family planning and reproductive health programs wrong this year and approve U.S. funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA). The decision, though not unexpected, really demonstrates this administration's penchant for putting politics ahead of people and plain common sense. Most importantly, it means that countless women in developing countries will be deprived of desperately needed reproductive health care services that so many women in the Western world take for granted.
Counting Condoms: Donors Coming Up Short
July 14, 2004
U.S. policies to fight the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS through abstinence-until-marriage' programs are biased and unproven, according to policy and education experts who participated in a recent audio news conference during the XV International AIDS Conference.
PAI Dismayed by House Appropriations Committee Vote Against the Lowey Amendment to Restore U.S. Funding to UNFPA
July 9, 2004
Population Action International (PAI) today expressed its dismay over a House Appropriations Committee vote of 26-32 against the Lowey amendment to provide $25 million in U.S. funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for work in six countries with extreme family planning needs and significant national security implications. The countries included in the amendment were: Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Pakistan, Kenya and Tanzania.
