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August 8, 2017

PMC’s radio show listeners in Senegal were 6.3 times more apt to state women should be 18+ before marriage

August 8, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation helps increase PMC’s international impact and will...

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August 8, 2017

PMC radio show audiences in the DRC were more apt to think both husband & wife should make family finance decisions

August 8, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation helps increase PMC’s international impact and will...

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Photo of mother and child in front of boat with PMC logo, URL, an caption Iran achieved a 64% decline in total fertility rate in 14 year with a focus on gender equality.Photo of mother and child in front of boat with PMC logo, URL, an caption Iran achieved a 64% decline in total fertility rate in 14 year with a focus on gender equality.

August 8, 2017

Iran’s total fertility rate dropped 64% in just 14 years through social emphasis on gender equality

August 8, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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Photo of mother and child with PMC logo, URL, and caption Since 1990, the world has seen a 44% decline in the maternal death ratio. Change her story.Photo of mother and child with PMC logo, URL, and caption Since 1990, the world has seen a 44% decline in the maternal death ratio. Change her story.

August 8, 2017

Since 1990, global maternal deaths have declined by 44%

August 8, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 8, 2017

#GETREEL: Every two minutes a woman dies from pregnancy related causes

August 8, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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Photo of girl behind fence with PMC logo, URL, and caption Each day, more than 41,000 girls worldwide are married while still children. Change her story.Photo of girl behind fence with PMC logo, URL, and caption Each day, more than 41,000 girls worldwide are married while still children. Change her story.

August 8, 2017

Every day, more than 41,000 young girls are subjected to child marriage

August 8, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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Girl in hijaab with PMC logo, URL, and caption Complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19. Change her story.Girl in hijaab with PMC logo, URL, and caption Complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19. Change her story.

August 8, 2017

Globally, the leading cause of death among girls 15-19 are pregnancy related complications

August 8, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Check out our International Day of the Girl Campaign...

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August 8, 2017

#GETREEL: Young women account for 59% of the world’s illiterate youth

August 8, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 4, 2017

16% of New Clients in Burkina Faso’s Reproductive Health Clinics Were Motivated By PMC’s Show

August 4, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation helps increase PMC’s international impact and will be leveraged...

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August 4, 2017

Spousal communication among married Ethiopian women climbs from 33 to 60% after PMC show

August 4, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be...

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Photo of family with PMC logo, URL, and caption A 2016 study in 35 developing countries showed that children born into families with four or fewer children had an average life expectancy that was 3.1 years longer than other children. Change her story.Photo of family with PMC logo, URL, and caption A 2016 study in 35 developing countries showed that children born into families with four or fewer children had an average life expectancy that was 3.1 years longer than other children. Change her story.

August 4, 2017

A Recent 35 Country Study Shows Children in Families with 4 or Less Kids Enjoy Longer Life Expectancy

August 4, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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Photo of smiling woman with PMC logo, URL, and caption In Brazil, mothers now have 1.7 children on average — down from 6.3 children in 1960. Change her story.Photo of smiling woman with PMC logo, URL, and caption In Brazil, mothers now have 1.7 children on average — down from 6.3 children in 1960. Change her story.

August 4, 2017

In Brazil, mothers now average 1.7 children per family, down from 6.3 in 1960

August 4, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 4, 2017

#GETREEL: Up to 82% of adults in five Kenyan cities thought contraception was dangerous to one’s health

August 4, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 4, 2017

#GETREEL: Money is too often an obstacle when it comes to using contraception

August 4, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 4, 2017

#GETREEL: Misinformation & Fear Often Make Women Who Don’t Want to Get Pregnant Shun Contraception

August 4, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 4, 2017

#GETREEL: In Pakistan, many people – including women – believe husbands should make all birth control decisions

August 4, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 3, 2017

96% of PMC’s female listeners in Nigeria knew where they could get condoms

August 3, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be...

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August 3, 2017

PMC’s “Ruwan Dare” show catalyzed 1.1 million new family planning users in Nigeria

August 3, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be...

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August 3, 2017

#GETREEL: A recent 70 country study shows the gender wage gap has narrowed since 1995

August 3, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 3, 2017

#GETREEL: 28% of women in Ghana are now considered entrepreneurs

August 3, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 3, 2017

#GETREEL: 6 in 10 girls live in countries where gender norms place them at significant social disadvantage

August 3, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 3, 2017

#GETREEL: Secondary schooling makes girls 6 times less likely to be married as children

August 3, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 3, 2017

#GETREEL: 81% of child brides in northern Ethiopia say their sexual initiation was forced

August 3, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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August 3, 2017

#GETREEL: 54% of Nigerian Adult Men and Women Don’t Think Women Deserve Equal Rights

August 3, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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July 28, 2017

#GETREEL: Less than 20% of landholders in developing countries are women

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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July 28, 2017

#GETREEL: Only 19 Women in the Whole World are Heads of State

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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Smiling woman with PMC logo, URL, and caption less than 4% of CEOs for the world's largest corporations are women. Change her story.Smiling woman with PMC logo, URL, and caption less than 4% of CEOs for the world's largest corporations are women. Change her story.

July 28, 2017

Only 4% of the World’s Largest Corporations Have Women CEO’s

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. All donations we receive are leveraged all around the...

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July 28, 2017

#GETREEL: Currently, Just 23% of parliamentarians around the world are women

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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July 28, 2017

67% of reproductive health clients in Nigeria cited PMC’s show as motivation for visit

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be...

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July 28, 2017

#GETREEL: Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya has dropped from 40% to 10% of women since 1984

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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July 28, 2017

#GETREEL: Around the World, Maternal Health Is Steadily Improving

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a...

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July 28, 2017

PMC Changes Perceptions of Female Genital Mutilation in Burkina Faso

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be leveraged...

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Tunisian city and people walking with PMC logo, URL, and caption Tunisia's first president guaranteed women full citizenship rights, universal primary school, and legalized contraception. Tunisian fertility fell from over five children per woman in 1980 to two by the early 2000s.Tunisian city and people walking with PMC logo, URL, and caption Tunisia's first president guaranteed women full citizenship rights, universal primary school, and legalized contraception. Tunisian fertility fell from over five children per woman in 1980 to two by the early 2000s.

July 28, 2017

Tunisia proves equality, education, and contraception provide sustainable outcomes

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. The approach we use – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. All donations we receive are leveraged all around the...

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Postcard of dead trees with PMC logo, website URL, and caption The net annual loss of 10 billion trees means 19,000 gone every minute. Change this story.Postcard of dead trees with PMC logo, website URL, and caption The net annual loss of 10 billion trees means 19,000 gone every minute. Change this story.

July 28, 2017

Around The World, We sacrifice 19,000 trees per minute

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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Photo of smokestacks making smoke in the shape of the word CO2 with PMC logo, URL, and caption Slowing population growth could provide 16-29% of emissions reductions suggested to be necessary by 2050.Photo of smokestacks making smoke in the shape of the word CO2 with PMC logo, URL, and caption Slowing population growth could provide 16-29% of emissions reductions suggested to be necessary by 2050.

July 28, 2017

Slowing population growth can provide 16-29% of emissions reductions needed by 2050

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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Photo of steamroller with PMC logo, URL, and caption By 2050, we will add enough paved roads to encircle the Earth more than 600 times.Photo of steamroller with PMC logo, URL, and caption By 2050, we will add enough paved roads to encircle the Earth more than 600 times.

July 28, 2017

By 2050 we’ll add enough paved roads to encircle the Earth 600+ times

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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July 28, 2017

PMC Radio Show Listeners Work Harder to Conserve Marine Species

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be leveraged all...

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Photo of gorilla with PMC logo, URL, and caption PMC listeners were 1.5 times more likely to cite population growth as the primary cause of loss of gorilla habitat in Rwanda.Photo of gorilla with PMC logo, URL, and caption PMC listeners were 1.5 times more likely to cite population growth as the primary cause of loss of gorilla habitat in Rwanda.

July 28, 2017

PMC radio show listeners link human population growth to gorilla habitat loss

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be leveraged all...

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July 28, 2017

#GETREEL: Increasing Numbers of People Coincide With Decreasing Giraffe Populations

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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July 28, 2017

#GETREEL: The Mammalian Diversity In Africa Is Not Due to Optimal Environment, But Relative Safety From Humans

July 28, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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July 24, 2017

#GetReel: In Sub-Saharan Africa, Lifetime Risk of Dying From Childbirth is 1-in-16

July 24, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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July 24, 2017

#GetReel: Worldwide, More Kids Are Now In Primary School

July 24, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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July 24, 2017

#GetReel: In Niger, There Are Only 44 Literate Women for every 100 Literate Men

July 24, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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July 24, 2017

In Mali, PMC’s Show Greatly Increased Social Approval of Women Working

July 24, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be leveraged all...

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July 24, 2017

#GetReel: 25% of Latina Girls are married before age 18

July 24, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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July 24, 2017

#GetReel: Helping Stop Child Marriage with Education

July 24, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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July 24, 2017

PMC’s Shows Empower Women in Decisions About Child Education

July 24, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your donation increases PMC’s international impact and will be leveraged all...

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July 24, 2017

#GetReel: Of All The World’s Illiterate People, 64% Are Women

July 24, 2017 — Population Media Center (PMC) works around the world to improve the health and well-being of both people and planet. Our approach – mission-driven, highly-engaging entertainment programming — is exciting, unique, and highly effective. Your help in increasing PMC’s international impact, with a donation to...

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