World Population Awareness

News Headlines

February 04, 2012


Ethiopia Gets on the Pill, and That Matters for Africa   January 11, 2012  RH Reality Check   doclink

Susan G. Komen Stops Planned Parenthood Funding: Who Does the Decision Hurt More?   February 02, 2012  Washington Post   doclink

Famine in the Horn of Africa: Malthus Beware; in the Horn of Africa, Population Growth is Not the Main Cause of Famine.   August 23, 2011     doclink

UNESCO launches literacy project for Senegal women   February 01, 2012  China Daily   doclink

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation Restores Partnership   February 03, 2012  Planned Parenthood Federation of America   doclink

Deloitte Report: the Era of Cheap Water is Over   January 25, 2012     doclink

U.S. Government Downgrades Projections for Coal. Again   January 25, 2012  Think Progress   doclink

Tech Talk - Pipelines in and From Canada   October 02, 2011  The Oil Drum   doclink

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (of Breast Cancer) Stops Funding for Breast-cancer Screening at Planned Parenthood   January 31, 2012  Planned Parenthood Federation of America   doclink

Will Seaweed Be the Biofuel Solution?   January 29, 2012  Center for Global Food Issues   doclink

Demographic Headwinds: The Decline of Peak Spenders   January 2012     doclink

U.S.: "Purity Bear" Video is Strange and Frightening   January 24, 2012  Huffington Post   doclink

Many Evangelicals See Something to Admire in Candidates' Broods   January 20, 2012  New York Times   doclink

Zanzibar's Islamic Scholars Tackle Sex, Family Planning and HIV and Aids   October 31, 2011  Guardian   doclink

Childbirth — a Nightmare in Rural Areas   January 2012  Newsday   doclink

There's Hope for a New Economy in the New Year   January 1, 2012  Center for Advancement of the Steady State Economy   doclink

NASA Giss Identifies 14 Air Pollution Control Measures to Slow Global Warming, Improve Health and Increase Crop Yields   January 17, 2012  Global Warming is Real   doclink

Sumatran Elephant Population Plunges; WWF Calls for Moratorium on Deforestation   Environmental News Network   doclink

Catholic, Christian Colleges Challenge Contraception Coverage Clause   January 17, 2012     doclink

Love Matters: Radio Netherlands Worldwide to provide information on sexual health through Hindi, English websites   January 15, 2012     doclink

More People Means Fewer Butterflies   January 21, 2011  Center for Biological Diversity   doclink

UK Population Growth Contributes to Rising Unemployment   January 20, 2012  Population Matters   doclink

Is There Enough Investment in Young People?   January 21, 2012  The Lancet   doclink

Unsafe Abortions on the Rise: New Global Analysis   January 19, 2012  ABC News   doclink

Pakistan: Institutionalisation of the Birth Spacing Paradigm: Religious   January 20, 2012  Daily Times   doclink

U.S. Teen Pregnancy Rate Remains Highest in Developed World   January 19, 2012  Los Angeles Times (U.S.)   doclink

U.K.: App to Help Young People Find Condoms   January 20, 2012  Kent Messenger (U.K.)   doclink

China;: China Losing Its 'Population Dividend'   January 20, 2012  South China Morning Post   doclink

India: Shrinking Spaces Leave Mumbai Gasping   January 20, 2012  The Times of India   doclink

Urban Population Growth on Steady Path   The Times of India   doclink

China Says Working Age Population Fell in 2011   January 19, 2012  Agence France Presse   doclink

Global: Big Cities Have Worst Sex Ratios in Country   October 20, 2011  Times of India   doclink

Women Fight for Their Rights Over Land   January 19, 2012  Tanzania Daily News   doclink

Risky Sex, Drug Acts Decline in US   January 19, 2012  Agence France Presse   doclink

30% Marriages in Pakistan Fall Into Child Marriage Category   January 19, 2012  The Baluchistan Times (Pakistan)   doclink

Abortion Still Taboo in Pakistan   January 16, 2012  Indo-Asian News Service   doclink

Obama Turns Down Oil Pipeline, Says Republicans Forced His Hand with ‘arbitrary' Deadline   2012  Washington Post   doclink

U.K.: Action Urged Over Stillbirth Rate   January 17, 2012     doclink

Five million illegal immigrants residing in Pakistan   January 17, 2012     doclink

Climate Change Activists Need To Talk About Population Too   January 01, 2012  National Geographic magazine   doclink

Child Brides: the Cost of Saying "i Do"   January 05, 2012  Huffington Post   doclink

Solving Turkey's Puzzle: Children as Brides, Parents as Abusers   January 15, 2012     doclink

Yemen's Crisis of Child Brides   January 11, 2012  Human Rights Watch   doclink

Advice to Legislators: Reject Proposed Cuts to Family Planning   January 14, 2012     doclink

More Couples Adopting Family Planning Measures   January 16, 2012  Hindustan Times   doclink

U.S.: Reproductive Freedom?   January 15, 2012  Chicago Tribune   doclink

U.S.: Santorum Logic on Contraception, Homosexuality   2001  ABCNews.com   doclink

U.S.: GOP Debate: Mitt Romney Grows Foggy on Contraception   January 7, 2012  Los Angeles Times   doclink

U.S.: GOP Presidential Candidates Attacking Reproductive Rights   January 16, 2012  Chicago Tribune   doclink

Zero Population Growth = Healthier Planet? a Stable Number of Humans on the Planet Doesn't Necessarily Mean Less Impact on the Environment.   January 13, 2012     doclink

Spain's High-speed Rail System Offers Lessons for California   January 15, 2012  Sacramento Bee   doclink

U.S.: Eating Meat: Meating Halfway: Americans Opt for Less   January 12, 2011  Grist Magazine   doclink

U.S.;: Honeybee Problem Nearing a ‘Critical Point'   January 13, 2012  Grist Magazine   doclink

Population Bomb Theory is a Myth in a Vacuum   November 02, 2011  Canadian Business   doclink

Abstinence-only: It's Baaack   2011  Ms Magazine   doclink

At the Crossroads of Sustainability: a Conversation with Bill Ryerson   January 01, 2009  Forbes.com   doclink

House, Govt Consider Bill to Control Population Growth   November 29, 2011  Jakarta Post   doclink

Japan's Economy Works Better Than Pessimists Think-at Least for the Elderly   November 19, 2011  The Economist   doclink

Morocco;: New Prime Minister Surprises Moroccans with Support for Abortion   January 11, 2012  The New York Times (U.S.)   doclink

Kenya: Fighting Fistula: One Woman's Campaign to Break the Taboo   January 11, 2012  Deutsche Welle World (Germany)   doclink

Rwanda: Safe Motherhood Drive Hits 84 Percent in Rusizi   January 13, 2012  The New Times (Rwanda)   doclink

Uganda: Family Planning Key to Good Health   January 11, 2012  The Observer (Uganda)   doclink

Bangladesh;: Hasan for Effective Plan to Check Unplanned Urbanisation   January 12, 2012  The Financial Express (Bangladesh)   doclink

Singapore: New Emergency Pill After Sex; the Drug Has Been Shown to Be Able to Prevent More Pregnancies and is Effective for a Longer Period of Time After Sex as Compared to An Older Drug   January 13, 2012  Straits Times Singapore   doclink

Should 'Morning After' Pills Be on Store Shelves?   January 12, 2012  The Straits Times Singapore   doclink

Going Green: 12 Simple Steps for 2012   December 28, 2011  World Watch Institute   doclink

Love Food Hate Waste   January 12, 2012     doclink

2 Killed, Hundreds Injured in Algerian Food Riots   January 08, 2012  Voice of America   doclink

Catholic Church Should Allow Nuns to Take Contraceptive Pill to Reduce Mortality Rate, Say Scientists   December 7, 2011     doclink

Proposal Would Require Private Insurers to Cover Abortions   January 06, 2012  The Seattle Times (U.S.)   doclink