Population News

2010 Releases

• March 09, 2010 - President Proposes 10.3% Increase in International Family Planning Assistance
  President’s Obama’s budget for 2011 calls for a $67million increase in international family planning assistance, a 10.3 percent increase over the 2010 appropriation, but the requested funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is $50 million, $5 million less than last year.
• January 08, 2010 - U.S. Government Rejoins Worldwide Consensus on Reproductive Health
  In a speech today at the State Department, Secretary Clinton declared the U.S. government’s renewed support and dedication to reaching the health and development goals laid out in the International Conference on Population Development and other related UN agreements, including the Millennium Development Goals. The Secretary said that “women’s health is essential to the prosperity and health of all people,” and that the U.S. has rejoined with all governments to “make the access to reproductive healthcare a basic right”.

2009 Releases

• December 29, 2009 - Secretary of State Clinton to Deliver Major Speech Renewing U.S. Support For Universal Access to Reproductive Health Worldwide
  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver a major speech Friday, January 8, 2010 to mark the 15th year of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Secretary Clinton will announce the U.S. Government's renewed support for and dedication to reaching the ICPD goals and other related UN agreements, including the Millennium Development Goals, by 2015.
• December 16, 2009 - Congress Approves 19 Percent Hike in International Family Planning Assistance
  Congress has completed action on an omnibus appropriations bill that will boost funding for international family planning assistance in 2010 to $648.5 million, an increase of more than $103 million or 19 percent above the FY 2009 enacted level, and $55 million more than the President's budget request. The 2010 funding level is 40 percent higher than the amount provided just two years ago in the 2008 budget. The increase has been approved by both the House and the Senate, and the President is expected to sign the omnibus appropriations bill later this month.
• December 10, 2009 - Population Discussed at Copenhagen Climate Conference
  As the Copenhagen conference on climate change enters its third day, the role of population is getting increased mention, though few expect voluntary family planning programs will play much of a role in any mitigation and adaptation strategies that are likely to be adopted.
• July 10, 2009 - 20th Anniversary of the First World Population Day
  In commemorating the 20th Anniversary of first World Population Day, the Population Institute today urged policymakers around the globe to recommit themselves to the expansion of family planning and reproductive health services.
• July 02, 2009 - House Prepares to Vote on Increased Funding for Family Planning
  When the U.S. House of Representatives returns next week from its July 4th recess, it is expected to consider a $103 million boost in the level of international family planning assistance. The proposed increase is part of a larger appropriations bill providing funding for State Department activities and U.S. foreign assistance programs.
• June 18, 2009 - House Subcommittee Boosts Funding For International Family Planning Assistance
  In a major victory for supporters of expanded international family planning assistance, the House State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee on June 17, 2009, approved a $648 million appropriation for Fiscal Year 2010.
• June 05, 2009 - *** Global Media Awards Call for Entries
  The Population Institute's Global Media Awards are devoted to drawing attention to global population issues.
• January 27, 2009 - Obama Dumps 'Gag Law'; Reverses Ban on Funds for International Groups that Counsel or Facilitate Abortion Outside U.S.
  Soon after President Barack Obama took office, the massive crowds that had thronged Washington's National Mall for his inauguration were replaced by Thursday's annual March for Life, an anti-abortion rally of tens of thousands, all eager to deliver their message to the new leader.

2008 Releases

• January 03, 2008 - Global Warming Expected to Hit Poor the Hardest
  The potential human costs of climate change have been underestimated, says the recently released United Nations Development Program 2007-2008 Human Development Report.

2007 Releases

• July 30, 2007 - Girls Who Should Be in Classrooms, Not in Marriages
• July 12, 2007 - Overpopulation May Lead to Conflict
  While the world's average annual population growth rate of a little more than one percent is declining, most projections say the current global population of more than six-and-a-half-billion people will likely hit nine billion by 2050. The expectation that most of the growth will occur in poor countries worries some analysts who say overpopulation could lead to conflict.
• July 10, 2007 - World Population Day is July 11th
• March 29, 2007 - Population Budget Cuts Would "Undermine War on Terrorism"