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The Global Population and Environment Program's mission is to protect the global environment and preserve natural resources for future generations by advancing global reproductive health and sustainable development initiatives.

Working with domestic and international coalition partners, we seek to increase universal access to voluntary family planning services and comprehensive sex education; advance women's and girls' basic rights, including access to health care, education and economic opportunity; promote youth leadership; and raise public awareness of wasteful resource consumption in the context of social and economic equity. Read more.

Feature: Find Out What You Can Do to Ensure That All People Have Access to Clean Water

Water is crucial for sustainable development, including the preservation of our natural environment and the alleviation of poverty and hunger. Water is indispensable for human health and well-being. Currently 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean water.
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Feature: Population Report: 2008 Edition I is Available Online

We are pleased to provide you with our latest program updates, inspirational stories, and useful resources. In this edition, find out how you can make a difference for our global environment by supporting sustainable development solutions that encompass poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment. Read more.

Feature: Host a Green-Pink Party!

When a woman's voice and health are valued, she is better able to advocate on her own behalf for access to education about reproductive health care, family planning and for the protection of the natural resources essential to her children's survival. Host a Green-Pink party and protect women and the Environment!

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