Ugandan MP Urges Canadian Civil Society, Parliamentarians and Policy-Makers...
“Around the world 215 Million women want to avoid pregnancies, but need contraception. This contributes to 53 million unintended pregnancies and hundreds of thousand of pregnancy-related deaths. These...
View ArticleThe Criminalization of Abortion is an Abuse of State Power
This blog post by ACPD’s Advocacy & Communications Officer was originally published on www.RHRealityCheck.org as part of a series on a new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to...
View ArticleJoint Statement – UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Report to the...
STATEMENT BY HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND HEALTH GROUPS ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT BY ANAND GROVER, UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO HEALTH, TO THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY...
View ArticlePress Release: Investing in Family Planning is Key for World at 7 Billion
***Le Français suit*** Launch of UNFPA State of the World Population Report 2011: People and Possibilities in a World of 7 Billion In five days, the world’s population is projected to reach 7 billion....
View ArticlePolicy-makers Recommit to Unfinished Agenda of Landmark Cairo Population...
ISTANBUL, 25 May 2012—Lawmakers from 110 countries reaffirmed their support to the principles and goals of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), emphasizing...
View ArticleACPD holds Canadian Premiere of Not Yet Rain on Parliament Hill
ACPD in partnership with Ipas, the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (CAPPD) and Canadians for Choice (CFC) hosted the Canadian Première of Ipas’ documentary Not...
View ArticleACPD to hold side event at the UN Human Rights Council on Criminal Laws &...
The side event on Criminal Laws and Women’s Right to Health will be held June 20th from 3pm – 5pm in Room XXIV, UN Human Rights Council, Geneva. Speakers: Anand Grover, Special Rapporteur on the right...
View ArticleCriminal Laws & Women’s Right to Health – Report from ACPD Side Event at the...
ACPD, in partnership with co-sponsoring organizations, held a side event at the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council focusing on criminal laws and women’s right to health. The objective of the...
View ArticleJoin ACPD for the Launch of UNFPA’s 2012 State of World Population Report –...
Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD), in partnership with the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (CAPPD) and the Youth Coalition for Sexual and...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: By Choice, Not by Chance
Launch of UNFPA State of World Population Report 2012 By Choice, Not By Chance – Family Planning, Human Rights and Development November 14, 2012 Planning the number and timing of one’s children is...
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