Take action with the Global Population Speak Out
1 February 2011
Source: PSN & GPSO
PSN has joined the Global Population Speak Out, a global campaign calling for action towards a sustainable population and sustainable world.
A group of children in an urban slum of New Delhi,India.
© 2010 Rupal Shah, Courtesy of Photoshare
A global gathering of voices
This month marks the third annual Global Population Speak Out (GPSO) – a month-long effort by, activists, academics and citizens worldwide to raise the profile of population issues and the impacts upon the environment and future sustainability.
PSN has joined the campaign, which is calling for increased accessed to voluntary family planning services, along with educational, economic and political empowerment of women worldwide. To make a sustainable future a reality, more people must speak for change.
PSN joins the campaign
PSN’s Karen Newman is one of fifty leading actors on population and sustainability issues worldwide who have publically endorsed the campaign. Other PSN staff and supporters have signed the campaign’s pledge and plan to speak out over the coming month.
One of the actions that PSN board member John Guillebaud has planned is to speak about Population, Health and Environment approaches at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, to medical professionals going on to work overseas.
The GPSO is organised by the Population Institute, with help from the campaign endorsers and signers of the GPSO letter.
Join us and take action
You can add your voice to the Global Population Speak Out in a number of ways:
- Firstly, sign the pledge to Speak Out
- Write a letter to a newspaper
- Hold an awareness-raising event
- Mention population in a lecture or talk you’re giving
- Make a donation to PSN or another organisation working to increase access to voluntary family planning services
- Tweet your followers or update your facebook page about the campaign
- Download some resources from the GPSO website to help you on your way
Visit the GPSO website for more ideas about ways to take action – with hundreds of voices speaking out across the world, the message that a sustainable population is key to a sustainable future will be loud and clear.