News archive

News Archive
‘Philippines defies Church to push family planning’	See here for a Reuters report about the President’s recent push for family planning in a country with one of the world’s fastest-growing populations.
‘Female Genital Mutilation - child abuse and nothing less’	See here for an article by Alan Wardle following a meeting on FGM at the Crown Prosecution Service, in which the Chair and advisor of the APPG also participated.
International Women’s Day 2013	PRESS RELEASE: UK MPs and peers: What more can we do to support survivors of rape in conflict?
International Day for the Decriminalisation of Abortion, 28/09/2012	See here for an article on the situation in Ireland.
Child and forced marriage, Valentine’s Day 2013	PRESS RELEASE: It’s an UN-happy Valentine’s Day for girls and women affected by child and forced marriage, say UK MPs and peers.
A drop in maternal mortality, but unmet need for contraception remains	A r eport published by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) shows that the number of women dying in childbirth has dropped by half in the last 20 years, yet 800 women per day still die giving birth to their children.
News coverage of the London Summit on Family Planning	The summit was covered in a range of national media outlets, including The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Lancet and Reproductive Health Matters. Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech to the summit and Baroness Jenny Tonge has written in The Huffington Post following the summit.
Focusing on Child Marriage on International Women's Day	PRESS RELEASE: Child Marriage and International Women’s Day
Child Hunger and Family Planning: Press release	PRESS RELEASE : Family Planning and Sustainable Development will help Secure a Future without Child Malnutrition
Population rises lead to world hunger fears	Read this article in the Los Angeles Times about the dangers of an exploding world population with a focus on the situation in Kenya.
Letter to The Guardian by Baroness Jenny Tonge	Baroness Jenny Tonge wrote to The Guardian with her support - and a little correction - for Zoe Williams' report on family planning in Nepal ahead of the London Summit on Family Planning.
Resolve awards go to Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda and Nepal	A new annual award recognising innovation in reproductive health service, policies and funding has been awarded to these four countries, to mark the incredible gains these developing countries have each made in improving access to family planning and maternal healthcare for their citizens.
With a rapidly rising population, living standards are falling in Nigeria	A recent New York Times article has highlighted the costs of population growth in one developing country.
Concerns about unsafe abortion in Rwanda highlighted in study	The Guttmacher Institute and National University of Rwanda has released the first ever study of abortion in Rwanda and underlines the risks of unsafe abortion - see here for details.
MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe	Announcing the launch of the new online exhibition by the International Museum of Women (IMOW), of which the APPG on PD&RH is an outreach partner.
‘It is not coercive to argue for better family planning worldwide’	Baroness Jenny Tonge writes in The Guardian
Chair of the APPG on PD&RH discusses population on BBC radio	Listen to Baroness Jenny Tonge on the BBC World Service program One Planet discussing the milestone of a world population of 7 billion.
'Coalition drops promise to help Afghan women'	Baroness Jenny Tonge, Chair of the APPG on PD&RH, was interviewed in an article in The Independent on development funding for maternal health in Afghanistan.
New publication: Sex, Ideology and Religion by Richard Ottaway MP	The views expressed in this paper are Richard Ottaway MP’s own and are not necessarily supported by every member of the UK APPG on PD&RH. For further information please contact: Genevieve Hutchinson.