News for October, 2011

UK puts the right to choose at the heart of population debate

October 31st, 2011

On the day the 7 billionth baby was predicted to be born, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell spoke of DFID’s position on population- putting rights at the heart of the agenda.

‘It is not for DFID – or anyone – to say how many children people should have – that has to be a free choice,’ Mitchell began, before going on to explain some of the benefits of funding voluntary family planning.

‘Giving girls and women in developing countries the choice to decide whether, when and how many children they have is saving lives. It means fewer women die in childbirth and the poorest families can make what little they have go further. Family planning is a smart and extremely cost effective investment of aid.’

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2011/Seven-billion-people-in-the-world/

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Speeches-and-articles/2011/Stephen-OBrien-In-a-world-of-seven-billion-people/

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Study: European Population Assistance Decreasing as World Population Passes 7 Billion

October 28th, 2011

DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) and the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF) announce the publication of Euromapping 2011 on 28 October, 2011 in Brussels, within the framework of Countdown 2015 Europe.

Euromapping is a joint study by DSW and EPF comparing European donors’ commitments with actual disbursements towards each of the four ICPD categories: HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health, Family Planning and Basic Research. In this year’s edition special attention is given to international aid reporting mechanisms and the need for improving these tracking tools to ensure accountability and transparency. By highlighting where Europe’s donors and the international aid system fall short, Euromapping 2011 seeks to improve support for the health of those most in need.

The entire publication can be downloaded for free at the following website.

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International Dialogue on Population and Sustainable Development in Berlin

October 20th, 2011

On 19-20 October, in Berlin, DSW together with BMZ, GIZ, KfW, IPPF and Bayer Health Care Pharmaceuticals organized the 9th International Dialogue on Population and Sustainable Development entitled ‘Education Matters: Empowering Young People to Make Healthier Choices’.

The Dialogue directed political attention to the important link between SRH and education and discussed good practices, national standards and curricula, new developments and joint activities in the fields of general formal and informal sexuality education.

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EC Launches communication on future of EU development

October 10th, 2011

On 10 October, the European Commission launched its long-awaited communication on the future of EU development-; although health is not mentioned in a prominent way, the 20% benchmark ( 20% of aid should go to social inclusion and human development including health and education) has been retained.

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Nordic civil servants and civil society meeting: Towards a joint global SRHR agenda

October 6th, 2011

On the 4th and 5th of October, representatives of Countdown 2015 Europe partners of Finland (Väestöliitto), Sweden (RFSU), Denmark (DFPA) and Norway (Sex og Politikk) met Nordic SRHR NGOs and Nordic civil servants working on development cooperation. The meeting, that took place in Finland, had the objectives to establish how the Nordic governments and civil society organizations (CSO) could work together to secure SRHR in the existing development arena and aid architecture and how to the gap of policy and practice in advancing SRHR could be bridged.

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