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Women's Rights and Empowerment
Empowering women and girls is key to stabilizing population growth and creating a healthy and sustainable society. We advocate for better policies on a range of issues impacting women, including education, health care and voluntary family planning, reproductive rights, gender equality, ending child marriage and land rights.
Addressing the needs of women and girls through rights-based approaches can benefit communities and the environment. Women are on the frontlines of coping with the effects of environmental degradation and climate change. In most countries around the world they are the main providers of food, water, and other resources for their families. When women are empowered, they can better support their families and adapt to environmental impacts.
A current area of focus is the Women’s Climate Center Initiative. Women all over the world are on the front lines of increasingly severe climate change impacts. We are collaborating with several other organizations in the U.S. and East Africa to create centers where women can come together and share local and traditional knowledge and best practices to overcome climate challenges. Part of this will also include a focus on the need for integrated development that includes reproductive health and family planning.
Population, Health and Environment Framework (PHE)
The population, health and environment development model, or PHE, simultaneously addresses the need for healthcare and family planning while helping communities manage their natural resources in a manner that will protect and empower the people who depend upon it for their livelihoods. This little-known, integrated approach is being implemented in communities around the world, from Ethiopia to Indonesia to Nepal.
We research and advocate for the PHE model as a sustainable means to improve the health of people and the environment.
Youth Education
When people everywhere understand the link between the size of the human population and the many forms of environmental degradation facing our planet, we will be much more effective at dealing with social and environmental problems. Both abroad and in the U.S., a surprising number of young people lack the information or access required to make thoughtful choices regarding reproduction.
Despite recent decreases in teen pregnancies, the U.S. still has some of the highest rates of teen pregnancy, childbirth, abortion, and sexually transmitted diseases of all industrialized nations. It is critical to reach this demographic, which is entering peak reproductive years, and help them understand the impact of their choices on a global scale. Presentations and activities encourage conscious decision-making among students – both as citizens shaping public policy, and as individuals regarding family planning, consumption and the environment.
We are currently available to give free interactive presentations to high school students in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you are a high school teacher or student, and you are interested in finding out more, please email us at info@transition-earth.org.
