PAI: A Bad Joke: Trump-Pence Administration Doubles Down On UNFPA Funding Cut On International Women’s Day This piece discusses the Trump administration’s decision to withhold funding for UNFPA for a second year and provides background on the Kemp-Kasten determination and the legislative details related to the withholding of funds (3/15).

CNN: Abortion restrictions don’t lower rates, report says “Laws that seek to limit abortions around the world may not lower the rate of abortions but could make them less safe, according to a new report that illustrates the trend…” (Nedelman, 3/21). The Guardian: Abortion rates drop dramatically — but only…

Kaiser Family Foundation: Breaking Down the U.S. Global Health Budget by Program Area The U.S. government is the largest donor to global health in the world. This fact sheet breaks down the U.S. global health budget by program area: HIV/PEPFAR; tuberculosis (TB); malaria/the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI); the Global Fund…

Guttmacher Institute: Adolescent Contraceptive Needs in Developing Regions: Cost and Impact of Future Growth “A new report published [Wednesday] by the Guttmacher Institute … provides estimates of the cost of adolescent contraceptive use in developing regions through 2030, and of its impact on unintended pregnancy. [The report] offers the most…

Devex: Opinion: Lifesaving solutions to climate change we need to talk about Kathy Calvin, president and chief executive officer of the United Nations Foundation “…For too long, we’ve viewed climate solutions as only for the climate; but climate action is essential to solving our biggest collective challenges across a range…

Devex: Forced to choose between U.S. and Swedish funding, sexual health NGOs speak out “Sexual and reproductive health and rights NGOs struggling to deliver services in the wake of the United States ‘global gag rule’ have spent a year caught between donors, after the Swedish aid agency, a key funder…

Al Jazeera: When will the chronic malnutrition of Guatemala’s children end? (Mercer, 9/11). New York Times: It’s Not Just You: 2017 Was Rough for Humanity, Study Finds (Chokshi, 9/12). New York Times: Zimbabwe Declares Cholera Emergency as Disease Spreads in Capital (Moyo/Pérez-Peña, 9/11). NPR: For Many In Venezuela, Social Media…

The Guardian: ‘It’s time-critical’: the race to overturn abortion ban in El Salvador “Moves to overturn El Salvador’s ban on abortion could be thwarted unless lawmakers work quickly to push through changes before a more conservative group assumes office in May. … [A] bill proposed last August would legalize abortion…

BuzzFeed News: In Closed-Door U.N. Meetings, Trump Administration Officials Pushed Abstinence For International Women’s Health Programs “In closed-door meetings at the United Nations in March, Trump administration officials pushed socially conservative views on women’s rights issues — including abstinence-based policies over information about contraception — that were further to the…

The Hill: State Department removes reproductive rights indicators from annual country reporting Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights “Last Friday’s release of the U.S. Department of State’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices has a gaping hole: the ‘Reproductive Rights’ section has disappeared. ……