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Sep 26th, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org World Contraception Day is September 26th. There are numerous reasons why this day should be celebrated and awareness raised on using contraceptives. Contraception makes it possible for couples to enjoy the pleasures of intimacy without the consequences of pregnancy. Fully 61 percent of all couples in the world today are having
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Tags: contraceptives, Family Planning, reproductive rights, women's rights, World Contraception Day
Sep 24th, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org It is estimated that globally, every two seconds, two people move into cities. Currently twenty-two percent, or 1.5 billion people, live in 600 cities around the world. Africa is home to the fastest growing countries in terms of population growth. It is projected that the continent will double from 1.1 billion
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Posted in Food and Hunger/Agriculture |
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Tags: African cities, FAO, Population Growth, urban agriculture, urbanization
Sep 11th, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, howmany.org It may have escaped your attention, but today, September 12th, is the first-ever Global Female Condom Day. Promoted by the National Female Condom Coalition, the purpose is to increase the number of women, men, youth and transpeople who know about, use, and advocate for female condoms. The coalition is made up
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Tags: contraceptives, female condom, global female condom day, reproductive rights
Sep 5th, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org. As the fighting and political crisis in Syria escalates, the number of people fleeing the turmoil also increases. Nearly 130,000 people have fled Syria and taken refuge in neighboring countries since the conflict began. Globally, the UN estimates that for any crisis situation, one in five women of childbearing age is
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Posted in Reproductive Rights/Women's Rights |
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Tags: contraception, Family Planning, refugees, reproductive rights, women's rights
Aug 28th, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org. Man to burn next weekend! Are those global warming pushers behind this? No, it’s Burning Man, and it happens every year. What, you may ask, is Burning Man? As some of you probably know, it’s an annual week-long gathering of artists in the Black Rock desert of Nevada (dubbed Black Rock
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Posted in Other Resources |
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Tags: Burning Man, Consumption, fertility, nature, Population Growth
Aug 23rd, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org It’s been quite a week for Rep. Todd Akin. He became front-page news after uttering the sentence “If it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” What he called “speaking off the cuff” has led to moral outrage from both women
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Posted in Featured, Reproductive Rights/Women's Rights |
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Tags: Eve Ensler, rape, sexual violence, Todd Akin, women's rights
Aug 22nd, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org. India is a fast-developing nation with a population of 1.2 billion people, and by 2030 will likely be the most-populous in the world. India’s disparities and inequalities are staggering, with 32.7% of the population living on $1.25 per day. As the country continues to grow, the impacts on its citizens and
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Posted in Energy and Carbon Emissions |
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Tags: clean energy, coal, Husk Power Systems, India, Population Growth, renewable energy, Selco Solar, solar energy, tigers
Aug 16th, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org It’s pretty obvious that summer 2012 has been one of the hottest summers in decades in the U.S., even after much of the country endured a scorching 2011. Last year Dallas,Texas had had 40 consecutive days over 100 degrees, and Oklahoma had 63 days with 100+ degree highs. This year has
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Posted in Water Issues |
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Tags: drought, groundwater depletion, Population Growth, taankas, water
Aug 9th, 2012 |
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By Suzanne York, HowMany.org. Over half the world’s population of 7 billion people is age 25 or under. The opportunities we provide these youths, and the choices they make – especially in terms of health, education, and jobs – will make a huge difference in our future, including whether global population rises to 10 billion
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Posted in Economics and GDP |
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Tags: demographic dividend, USAID, youth bulge
Aug 7th, 2012 |
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Good news on women and healthcare, on August 1st, the contraception coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, which requires employers and insurers to offer “free” (without a co-pay) contraceptive coverage, along with access to other preventive health care services, to those women with health insurance policies. (Jodi Jacobson of RH Reality
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Family Planning, reproductive rights, women's rights