International Family Planning Programs Receive Nearly Twenty Percent Increase

International family planning and reproductive health programs have received a much-needed increase in funding, thanks to the recent adoption of the fiscal year 2009 omnibus spending bill (H.R. 1105).  This bill, signed into law by President Obama on March 11, includes a total of $545 million for bilateral and multilateral family planning and reproductive health programs, an increase of $82 million, or 18%, above current levels.  PAI applauds Congress on this increase, which brings funding back to the second highest level in the program’s history, but is also working to achieve far larger increases in future budgets.

Read the full article: International Family Planning Programs Receive Nearly Twenty Percent Increase
Read more about PAI's work to increase U.S. family planning and reproductive health assistance

PAI's Blog Celebrates International Women's Day!

PAI is honoring International Women's Day (March 8) all month long with Our Mothers, Our Daughters, Ourselves.  In this blog series, PAI staff reflect on such issues as female genital mutilation, the paradoxes of women’s gains in the West, violence in the Congo and the historical significance of International Women’s Day.

• Reflections on International Women's Days Past
• Female Genital Mutilation: Three Generations Later
• Toasting Women on International Women's Day
• The Struggle for Women's Rights Continues in the Congo

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Sharing PAI’s Voices: Expressing Hope for the New Obama Administration

For more than a decade, PAI has worked with Equidad de Genero Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia on a diverse range of projects to strengthen support for sexual and reproductive health in Mexico.  Maria Eugenia Romero, Executive Director of Equidad, took the time to share her vision for the future of U.S. family planning and reproductive health policies and funding under the new Obama Administration.

Read the full article: Sharing PAI's Voices: Our Mexican Partner Expresses Hope for the New Obama Administration
Learn more about Equidad de Genero Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia

PAI Researchers Present a Special Report from Ethiopia

PAI Researchers Karen Hardee, V.P. for Research, and Kimberly Rovin, Research Associate, traveled to Ethiopia this past December to explore the effects of climate change in Ethiopia. In a report commissioned for People and Planet,  they look at the prospects for Ethiopia's farming families as the climate heats up and the population grows.

Read the report: Ethiopia: Special Report: A Crisis of Climate, Food, — and Population

PAI Celebrates Six Months With Atlas Scholar Meher Rehman

This month marked the half way point of Atlas Corps Fellow, Meher Rehman’s, tenure with PAI. Meher joined PAI in September of 2008 from New Dehli, India to work in the International Advocacy Department. For the last six months Meher has been an integral part of the IA team offering her insight and expertise to assist with program monitoring and evaluation at both the project and organizational level. Her fresh outlook and optimism coupled with her cross cultural experience have brought an exciting new perspective to PAI’s work.

Read the full article: PAI Celebrates Six Months with Atlas Scholar Meher Rehman

Take advantage of the extended Tax Relief Act!

Giving through your Individual Retirement Account before the end of 2009 takes advantage of the Charitable IRA Rollover which permits taxpayers age 70½ and older to make tax-free charitable gifts totaling up to $100,000 per year from traditional IRAs and Roth IRA’s. This gift does count toward your annual IRA distribution requirement. PAI is an eligible charity for these gifts, but contributions must be made by December 31, 2009 to take advantage of the tax benefit. Contact Michele Duryea, Vice President for Development, for more information at mduryea@popact.org or 202-557-3400.

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