Archive for January 2012

Looking for Hope in Afghanistan

Jan 27th, 2012 | By
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By Suzanne York, HowMany.org, January 26, 2012   Most of the news we get about Afghanistan is negative and depressing. This is especially true where womens’ rights and reproductive health are concerned. But if we look hard, there are signs of hope. First, some cold hard facts. The population of Afghanistan today is 31 million
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Family Planning in the News

Jan 23rd, 2012 | By
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There has been a lot of news in the past week on teen pregnancy. Shockingly, a report by the Center for Disease Control found that one-third of teen mothers didn’t use birth control because they didn’t believe they could get pregnant. And for some good news on family planning, the Obama Administration announced it would
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The Rio Agenda: Population is Part of Sustainability

Jan 18th, 2012 | By
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By Suzanne York, HowMany.org, January 17, 2012   photo: Creative Commons / Chin tin tin article.wn.com Some top thinkers recently gathered in Washington, DC to strategize on population, women’s rights and environment issues. Experts met at the Aspen Institute on January 12th to discuss “The Road to Rio: Climate Change, Population and Sustainability” and find
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New NASA Study: Can Species Cope with Climate Change?

Jan 12th, 2012 | By
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By Suzanne York, HowMany.org, January 12, 2012 A new study by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology predicts climate change will disrupt the delicate ecological balance between interdependent and often endangered plant and animal species. It will lead to reduced biodiversity and adversely affect the Earth’s water, energy, carbon and other
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The Risks of Unsustainable Population Growth

Jan 12th, 2012 | By
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The sobering Global Risks Report 2012 was just released in advance of the World Economic Forum taking place later this month in Davos, Switzerland – an annual gathering of some of the top leaders in business, economics and politics. The report is based on a survey of 469 experts from industry, government, academia, and civil
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The Philippines: Balancing Culture & Contraceptives

Jan 10th, 2012 | By
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By Suzanne York, HowMany.org, January 10, 2012 In a country that has one of the highest birthrates in South East Asia, a proposal to provide citizens free contraception sounds like a smart move. But in the Philippines, smart bumps up against culture and religion. With a population of over 95 million and a total fertility
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Japan: Whose Lost Decade?

Jan 10th, 2012 | By
Japan's per-capita GDP, courtesy of The Economist

Japan’s economy stronger than USA’s This is usually obfuscated by using total GDP to measure growth, but per-capita GDP growth in Japan for the past decade has been stronger in Japan than in the U.S. or the Euro Zone. We find it encouraging that even The Economist is noticing one of the pitfalls of relying
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