Population news from November
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POPULATION MATTERS SUPPORTERS' UPDATE
NOVEMBER 2019
NEWS FROM POPULATION MATTERS
PM in Kenya: Conversations with the women left behind
In this blog post, our Director, Robin, summarises events at the Nairobi
Summit on ICPD25 and recounts his powerful experiences of meeting
vulnerable young women and their families in Kibera, Africa's largest slum,
and surrounding rural communities.
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Big Baby calls for smaller families
With the critical COP25 climate change meeting opening in Madrid, our
7m-high Big Baby balloon brought a critical message to Westminster on
Friday: cutting population growth through choosing smaller families is
vital to fight climate change.
Read more [4]
POPULATION
70 is the new 65: a new way of looking at ageing
A new analysis by the UK Office for National Statistics shows that
estimating the number of life years remaining, rather than counting the
years lived, could be a better way of measuring population ageing and its
implications for society.
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Population crisis is giving birth to a global catastrophe
This _Mirror_ article highlights the problem of population pressure in the
UK and abroad, as well as positive solutions, and features a quote from PM
Director Robin.
Read more [6]
ENVIRONMENT
11,000 scientists call for population action to prevent 'untold suffering'
November marked the publication of the _Scientists’ Warning of a Climate
Emergency_ – a paper signed by more than 11,000 scientists from around
the world warning of “untold human suffering” unless governments take
urgent action to tackle the climate crisis, including ending and reversing
population growth.
Read more [7]
Greenpeace article: The end of infinite growth
We were very pleased to see this Greenpeace International opinion piece by
co-founder Rex Weyler, acknowledging the need to tackle both our
unsustainable consumption and population growth.
Read more [8]
WOMEN'S RIGHTS & SEXUAL HEALTH
Cracking knuckles and counting kids
In this blog post, our Campaigns and Projects Officer, Florence Blondel,
reflects on her family life in Uganda and the positive changes she sees
coming for women's agency and family size around the world.
Read more [9]
Jimmy Carter: How empowering women and girls can help solve the climate
crisis
This welcome article in _Time_ magazine by former US president Jimmy Carter
points out that achieving gender equality is one of the most powerful
solutions to the climate crisis. Unfortunately, it omits the main reason:
empowered women are able to choose smaller families.
Read more [10]
TAKE ACTION
Donate for a brighter future this Giving Tuesday
With help from people like you, we can work towards a future in which our
population co-exists in harmony with nature and prospers on a healthy
planet, to the benefit of all. As today is Giving Tuesday, please consider
supporting our work with a donation or by becoming a member [11]. Every
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