Inserted in this edition of the PRI Review is a pamphlet called Know Your Rights: Women, Family Planning and US Law. The US law referenced is known as the Tiahrt Amendment, which is intended to protect women and families against human rights abuses committed in
[Editor’s note: The Population Research Institute, in its Weekly Briefing, 1 June 1999 Vol. 1/Number 3, expressed concerns over a document released by UNFPA, entitled Assessment Report on Sexual Violence in Kosovo. PRI raised concerns that, in issuing its report, the UNFPA misrepresented war crimes
Rape, in times of war, is as old as the Bible and as new as today’s headlines on the Kosovar refugee crisis. From the military laws laid out in Deuteronomy1 to the recent Serbian threat, victims of rape seem as much a part of a
May 24, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 2 Dear Friend and Colleague: Contrary to claims made by the UNFPA that China’s government is ready to implement a “kinder, gentler” one-child policy, officials in China’s communist government state that measures are being taken to make the policy more
May 17, 1999 Volume 1/ Number China, the UNFPA, and ‘Reproductive Rights’ Zhu Qingping begged not to be sent back to China. Eight months pregnant with her second child, she was certain that she would be aborted upon arrival. Let her remain in the immigration
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 23 passed a resolution urging the U.N. to respect the rights of individuals and families in population control programs, including those administered by the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA). The resolution, modeled upon the Tiahrt Amendment signed into law
The bombing of Serbia and the ensuing refugee crisis in Kosovo make up the first crisis to capture world attention since the approval of a controversial United Nations protocol entitled Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations. This crisis presents the first opportunity for the UN to
Developing Nations Take Stand on Reproductive Health The five year review of the Cairo Conference on Population and Development chugs slowly and painfully toward an uncertain conclusion. Convened to review the implementation of the 1994 Cairo Program of Action, this process has been bogged down
Recent reports of Sen. Jesse Helms’ (R-NC) block of funds for family planning programs carried out by voodoo “priests” in Haiti demonstrate the sharp agenda differences between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which approves the
Zhu Qingping begged not to be sent E back to China. Eight months pregnant with her second child, she was certain that she would be aborted upon arrival. Let her remain in the immigration detention camp at Port Hedland, Australia, until she gave birth, she
Inserted in this edition of the PRI Review is a pamphlet called Know Your Rights: Women, Family Planning and US Law. The US law referenced
[Editor’s note: The Population Research Institute, in its Weekly Briefing, 1 June 1999 Vol. 1/Number 3, expressed concerns over a document released by UNFPA, entitled
Rape, in times of war, is as old as the Bible and as new as today’s headlines on the Kosovar refugee crisis. From the military
May 24, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 2 Dear Friend and Colleague: Contrary to claims made by the UNFPA that China’s government is ready to implement a
May 17, 1999 Volume 1/ Number China, the UNFPA, and ‘Reproductive Rights’ Zhu Qingping begged not to be sent back to China. Eight months pregnant
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 23 passed a resolution urging the U.N. to respect the rights of individuals and families in population control
The bombing of Serbia and the ensuing refugee crisis in Kosovo make up the first crisis to capture world attention since the approval of a
Developing Nations Take Stand on Reproductive Health The five year review of the Cairo Conference on Population and Development chugs slowly and painfully toward an
Recent reports of Sen. Jesse Helms’ (R-NC) block of funds for family planning programs carried out by voodoo “priests” in Haiti demonstrate the sharp agenda
Zhu Qingping begged not to be sent E back to China. Eight months pregnant with her second child, she was certain that she would be