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November 28, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s population growth rate of 2.55 per cent per year—the highest in the region—is putting immense pressure on the country’s resources, with projections showing a population of 385 million by 2050 if trends continue. Experts say the issue is closely linked to the status of women, whose autonomy and well-being remain severely restricted.

Dr Ali Mohammad Mir, Senior Director of the Population Council, highlighted decades of mismanaged population policies, noting that women bear the brunt of high fertility rates through both childbirth and unpaid childcare responsibilities. “Any effective population strategy must place women’s rights and autonomy at the centre,” he said.

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January 2, 2017 by Daria Sukharchuk, Ms. Magazine

As the right-wing parties are on the rise in Europe, one can see a certain turn towards more conservative politics in all spheres of life—including reproductive rights.

To date, Europe has put forth some of the most pro-choice legislation in the world. In most European countries—with the exclusion on Poland, Malta, Northern Ireland and the Vatican—abortion is allowed, without restriction, for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and in some countries even longer than that. The procedure is usually carried out in a normal hospital—not a dedicated abortion clinic—and the shouting crowds with harrowing pictures are not as common a sight as they are in the United States.

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Source: Ms. Magazine

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