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Australia must step into the breach left by Trump’s assault on women

Marking International Women’s Day (IWD), Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has called on Australia and other rich countries to step into the breach left by US President Trump’s massive cuts to international aid (USAID), to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and other organisations aimed at enhancing women’s rights and health. […]

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Hunger and poverty resurgent as world population continues to climb

  Media release (World Food Day 16/10 and International Poverty Eradication Day 17/10) Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says the first two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of ‘No Poverty’ and ‘Zero Hunger’ – both by 2030 – cannot be achieved while world population continues an inexorable climb. SPA national president Peter Strachan says 692 million people

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World Contraception Day reminds us that access to contraception is a human right

  To mark World Contraception Day on 26 September, Sustainable Population Australia says access to contraception is a human right, yet 257 million women globally are trying to avoid pregnancy without access to any form of modern contraception. This makes them vulnerable to unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion and preventable maternal death. SPA national president Peter

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Thirty years is too long to turn a blind eye to world population growth

  September 13 marks thirty years since the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo effectively denounced population stabilisation as a development goal. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues it is time for a reset. “World population is still growing by about 90 million a year,” notes SPA spokesperson Dr Jane O’Sullivan.

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World Population Day: a population may survive but not thrive if it grows rapidly

Our National President,  Peter Strachan was interviewed accross numerous Australian radio programs for World Population Day,  including 2GB with Michael McLaren which may be listened to HERE As World Population Day approaches on July 11, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says a population may survive but not thrive if it grows rapidly. SPA national president Peter

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Swelling numbers of people drive desertification and land degradation

World Environment Day (5 June) is a day to acknowledge humanity’s impacts on nature, and to lift ambition to end its destruction, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The theme of this year’s World Environment Day reflects the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 15, namely, to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems,

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