Population Action International

• July 24, 2017

The first round in the battle to write a federal budget, working off the Trump administration’s ruthless proposals announced in May, has ended in the House of Representatives appropriations committee. As feared by advocates for women, the poor, refugees, global health programs and even foreign language study, the Republican-led appropriations committee, which sets budget …

Geopolitics, Secretary-General, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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TOPIC: WOMEN

The US Tightens Rules on NGOs in Global Health, Hurting Poor Women

Barbara Crossette

• May 16, 2017

While trying to make the case that the United States remains committed to global health programs, the Trump administration has issued orders to nongovernmental organizations and others working in women’s health that could cripple some of their international operations by demanding contractual compliance with US anti-abortion policies. The new rules have been written under …

Humanitarian Aid, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women

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US Republicans Extend Global Gag Rules, and Asia’s E-Trash Piles Up

Barbara Crossette

• February 14, 2017

In this third installment of an occasional series on research and data useful to readers, PassBlue takes a look at financial threats to a United Nations agency focused on family planning and how e-waste in Asia is hurting the regional environment and public health. With the fate of funding for the United Nations Population …