Climate Change, International Policies, Population and Climate Change
Today’s news headlines are flooded with statements about climate change and its impacts, thanks to a new report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The take-away? Climate change is here and already impacting the world’s poorest and … Continue Reading
Climate Change, Population and Climate Change
Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability section of its Fifth Assessment Report. This report, for the first time ever, recognized the social dimensions of climate change adaptation-including population dynamics. What does that … Continue Reading
Contraceptives and Condoms, Family Planning
This week, the Supreme Court is hearing cases from two for-profit companies, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, who want a religious exemption from the Affordable Care Act mandate requiring health plans to cover birth control. If the Court rules in … Continue Reading
It’s been four years since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, but for too many women and girls, internal displacement and poor health care access remain a fact of life. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by natural disasters and both … Continue Reading
Financing and Aid Effectiveness
Corruption is a hot topic. Budget advocacy? Sadly, not as much. But a recent interview in prominent Nigerian newspaper This Day suggests that budget advocates could be the missing link to keeping corruption in check. The interview Mr. Ugo Jim-Nwoko, … Continue Reading
