PSN News
2013PSN participates in London Global Parliamentarians’ Family Planning Conference 15 May 2013
Source: PSN & EPF
Ahead of this week's G8 summit, a Global Parliamentarians' Conference took place in London last week to focus the attention of key decisions on the need for prioritization of family planning in the new emerging development framework.
The Guardian publishes PSN letter on population and food security 10 April 2013
Source: PSN / The Guardian
A letter by PSN has been published in The Guardian, highlighting the potential for investment in voluntary family planning programmes to advance food security.
PSDA participates in Post-2015 Global Leadership Meeting on Population Dynamics 16 March 2013
Source: PSN
The Global Leadership Meeting on Population Dynamics convened this week in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and was attended by The Population and Sustainable Development Alliance (PSDA). The draft outcome document is now available, containing a number of recommendations and inputs from PSDA.
International News
2013Greenpeace blogs about population and ecology 7 May 2013
Source: PSN
A blogpost has been published by Greenpeace International highlighting the significance of world population growth to sustainability, and the importance of investment in women’s rights, education and family planning.
CPD resolution reaffirms SRHR needs of migrants 30 April 2013
Source: EuroNGOs
After a difficult week of negotiations, a resolution was adopted at the 46th Commission on Population and Development reaffirming human rights of all migrants and the need to address women’s vulnerabilities in policies and programmes on international migration.
High-Level Task Force for ICPD issues policy recommendations for realizing universal reproductive health 25 April 2013
Source: High-Level Task Force for ICPD
The High-Level Task Force for the implementation of ICPD Beyond 2014 has today made policy recommendations for realizing the commitments made at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).