Population Action International

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Signed

Oct 13, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$5,461,863

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Advocacy program for international population and reproductive health policypai held numerous meetings with congressional offices on a wide range of issues related to international fp/rh funding and policy. Pai also worked closely with staff at usaid, particularly in the office of population and reproductive health; the department of state (bureau of population, refugees, and migration (prm) and to a lesser extent, the office of global women's issues (gwi) and office of management and budget (omb). -pai conducted outreach and helped to secure 78 signatures on a letter to chairwoman nita lowey (d-ny) of the state-foreign operations subcommittee urging her to include $1 billion for fp/rh in her bill. Similarly, pai contacted house offices and assisted in the collection of 91 signatures on a letter to chairwoman lowey urging her to include a permanent repeal of the global gag rule in her bill.-pai played an advisory role in a letter from pro-life democrats to president obama calling for increased funding for family planning in the fy2011 budget, which was signed by 9 offices. -pai conceived, proposed, and helped organize a member and staff briefing on the effects of demographic change on global security for the house government reform and oversight subcommittee on national security and foreign affairs in september 2010. -in april and december 2010, pai hosted semi-annual meetings of the u.s government-funded population and reproductive health cooperating agencies (cas), along with partner pathfinder. -pai published and widely distributed washington memos, a resource for domestic and international partners and other stakeholders in understanding the policy and funding environment in washington. -pai also continued its leadership of the international family planning coalition. -in april 2010, the pai team, accompanied by distinguished board member dr. Thomas lovejoy, keynote speaker, traveled to minneapolis for pai's very first "grasstops" event to cultivate support among leading constituents for u.s. Investments in fp/rh. The theme of the event was women at the center: climate change, food security and global health and it was co-sponsored by the institute for agriculture and trade policy (iatp). -president and ceo, suzanne ehlers was invited by the state department to serve as an official member of the u.s. Delegation to the un commission on population and development in 2010 and 2011. -pai co-hosted receptions in both new york and washington d.c. For the new unfpa executive director dr. Babatunde osotimehin, along with united nations foundation, the international women's health coalition and americans for unfpa. -pai in partnership with the white ribbon alliance, developed a thematic track around advocacy and activism for the june 2010 women deliver conference, hosting one panel and participating in three others. -at the u.n. Millennium development goals (mdg) summit held on september 22 in new york, pai was active in multiple events. Pai helped to organize a side event on population and climate change in partnership with the sierra club and the center for environment and population, advised the reproductive health supplies coalition on its "hand-to-hand" campaign, and participated in a reporter roundtable hosted by marie stopes international.-in 2010, pai released its 5th documentary, empty handed, at the global maternal health conference in new delhi, india. In may 2010, pai led a delegation of maternal health advocates and a youth delegation at the annual meeting of the rhsc, in kampala, uganda where pai unveiled both our maternal health case studies and empty handed. Next, pai traveled to zambia and facilitated a screening of the film at a media workshop for nearly 50 editors and reporters from tv, radio and print. The next day, empty handed was screened in a downtown commercial theater to an audience of more than 200 advocates and health care workers. Every attendant left with copies of the dvd and plans to show the film at

Activity 3

Research on key issues for reproductive health and population policypai worked to thoughtfully and strategically highlight population as one of the critical factors in reducing poverty and achieving balance between humanity and the natural environment-addressing the global shortage of reproductive and maternal health supplies pai began to explore how policies, funding, and other health system challenges affect the availability of maternal health supplies. Pai presented bangladesh and uganda case studies as part of a panel session titled, increasing and strengthening access, at the global maternal health conference in india, where over 500 maternal health experts from around the world gathered to disseminate new research, highlight programmatic successes and share advocacy opportunities. Pai has worked to build a solid base for maternal health (mh) supplies advocacy by facilitating linkages between the reproductive health supplies coalition (rhsc) and mh advocates; reflecting commitment to the issue of mh supplies in the statements of rhsc leadership; securing the placement of mh supplies on the agenda of two rhsc annual general meetings; and the designation of an initial institutional "home" for mh supplies within the rhsc. Pai convened key stakeholders to catalyze mh supplies advocacy, including through a watershed meeting of approximately 30 participants, co-sponsored by the maternal health task force on november 30, 2010 and featuring an address by julia bunting (chair of the rhsc), resulting in consensus that advocacy around mh supplies is both strategic and necessary.-building a u.s. Constituency for fp/rh and latin america: pai and carolina barco, colombian ambassador to the u.s., co-hosted the event the state of reproductive health in latin america at the colombian ambassador's residence in washington, dc. Influentials from philanthropy, civil society, think tanks, and the u.s. Government, including christiana figueres, newly-appointed executive secretary of united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc were in attendance. -tracking the money, monitoring the policies: in april of 2010, pai released "funding common ground: cost estimates for international reproductive health." pai's report is designed to help advocates and policymakers better understand the funding needed to achieve the icpd and mdg goals of universal access to reproductive health. The report was launched at a pai sponsored side session at the u.n. Commission on population and development (cpd).-demography and development: pai has published three in-depth country studies haiti, uganda and yemen. Pai also released an updated policy and issue brief summarizing new research findings on demographic trends and various challenges to development. Pai was invited to prepare a paper for a council on foreign relations study group on the topic of "strengthening u.s. Leadership on international reproductive health and family planning." a new white paper entitled, "perspectives on political and social regional stability impacted by global crisis - a social science context," was released by the army corps of engineers and the strategic multi-layer assessment with a chapter contributed by elizabeth leahy madsen on demographic security. Pai also contributed to a chapter, "age structure and development through a policy lens," to a textbook on political demography that will be published by palgrave macmillan later this year.-pai was invited to deliver presentations on demographic trends at the interpeace conference on youth and peace building in el salvador and to a group of officers at the u.s. Army war college. -the unfolding of the extraordinary events in tunisia, egypt and now libya shows the prescience of pai's work on demography and development, generating many recent interviews including those with npr.org, the ottawa citizen and the toronto star, as well as a huffington post piece.

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EIN

52-0812075