Should governments turn to family planning to control population and decrease hunger?
One of the key factors controlling population growth is women’s education. Economic and social development is required to eliminate poverty and inequality. The education of woman and girls offers enormous possibilities for both. Trócaire works throughout the developing world to help people overcome poverty, to learn about their rights and to start holding their governments to account for the programmes and policies that affect their citizens. We support women’s access to and control of resources such as land while our good governance work supports women’s participation and involvement in decision-making and leadership. Experts are agreed that women’s education is crucial to overcoming poverty and reducing birth rates in developing countries. The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population’s Panel on Population Growth and Human Welfare in Africa found that education is the most important factor in determining the number of children a woman will have over her lifetime. Get
