Correspondence

This is a sample list of correspondence that PSN has contributed to, including advocacy-related correspondence and pieces that PSN has written or responded to in the press. They are in pdf format so you will require acrobat reader to view them.

PSN correspondence

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  • Choices for Women: planned pregnancies, safe births and healthy newborns - one year on

    Date: 20/01/2012
    Author(s) Manifesto for Motherhood Coalition

    Letter from the the Manifesto for Motherhood Coalition to Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Secretary of State for International Development.

  • Open letter to CPD 44th session delegates

    Date: 04/04/2011
    Author(s) various NGOs, including PSN

    An open letter to delegates of the 44th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development, signed by various NGOs calling for support for key fertility, reproductive health and development principles.

  • NGOs congratulate new UNFPA Director Dr. Osotimehin

    Date: 18/01/2011
    Author(s) Karen Newman, PSN & Roger-Mark De Souza, PAI on behalf of various NGOs

    Letter welcoming Dr. Osotimehin as the new UNFPA Director and sharing recommendations for placing population issues on the global sustainable development agenda, on behalf of a collective of NGOs which participated in a UNFPA meeting on sustainable development in December 2010.

  • Global Gagging Rule letter

    Date: 01/04/2010
    Author(s) Various, including PSN

    Letter from hundreds of organisations from around the world calling on US politicians to act to prohibit the Global Gag Rule on health and family planning providers working overseas, sent to Representative Lowey and Senator Leahy.

  • Review of Robert Engelman's book "More"

    Date: 19/02/2009
    Author(s) Catherine Budgett-Meakin, PSN

    A review of Robert Engelman's book "More: Population, Nature and What Women Want".

  • NGOs thank President Obama

    Date: 23/01/2009
    Author(s) Various, including PSN

    Letter sent to the US President Obama from various NGOs, thanking him for repealing the Global Gag Rule.

PSN press-related correspondence

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  • Reply letter to John Vidal, Observer Article

    Date: 23/02/2011
    Author(s) Catherine Budgett-Meakin, PSN

    PSN letter submitted in response to the John Vidal article "What does the Arab World do when its water runs out?", questioning the assumption that nothing can be done to address population growth.

  • What does the Arab World do when its water runs out?

    Date: 20/02/2011
    Author(s) John Vidal, The Observer

    Letter published in the Observer, identifying population pressures as a factor undermining water security, to which PSN sent a response letter.

  • Responses to BMJ editorial, published July-October 2008, BMJ

    Date: 29/07/2008
    Author(s) Various inc J.Guillebaud, PSN steering group member

    A variety of correspondence published in the British Medical Journal in relation to the editorial piece on population and climate change.

  • BMJ Editorial: Population growth and climate change

    Date: 24/07/2008
    Author(s) BMJ/ J. Guillebaud, PSN steering group member & P. Hayes.

    Editorial piece published in the British Medical Journal, highlighting the role increasing access to voluntary family planning should play in reducing climate change vulnerability.

  • Reply to George Monbiot, published in The Guardian

    Date: 17/02/2008
    Author(s) Catherine Budgett-Meakin, PSN

    PSN response to George Monbiot's "Population Bombs", welcoming focus on the issues and calling for an honest debate about world population growth.

  • Population Bombs; The Guardian

    Date: 29/01/2008
    Author(s) George Monbiot, The Guardian

    Article arguing that a focus on the impact of population growth upon environmental sustainability cannot ignore the great threats posed by unsustainable and unequal patterns of consumption.

  • Response to New Scientist article, published

    Date: 14/09/2007
    Author(s) Catherine Budgett-Meakin, PSN

    PSN response to William Lawrence's "Cursing Condoms" article, highlighting the importance of addressing the unmet need for family planning services at the same time as investing in education.

  • Cursing Condoms: Global Warming and Contraception; New Scientist

    Date: 01/09/2007
    Author(s) William Lawrence, New Scientist

    Article published in New Scientist, highlighting conservative and religious opposition to family planning.

  • Reply letter to Observer, Juliette Jowit article

    Date: 19/03/2007
    Author(s) Catherine Budgett-Meakin, PSN

    PSN letter in response to Juliette Jowit's article in the Observer, highlighting the need for investment in voluntary family planning services.

  • No one is willing to address the accelerating growth of the world's population

    Date: 18/03/2007
    Author(s) Juliette Jowit, The Observer

    Article highlighting the lack of focus on population issues, within the climate change agenda.