Birth Control

BeadforLife Staff on November 3rd, 2011

According to United Nations the 7 billionth person was born this week. CNN recently posted an article entitled: How women defused population bomb.  In his article, Fred Pearce talks about how “women today are having half as many children as their mothers and grandmothers. The global average is now down to 2.5 children per woman, [...]

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BeadforLife Staff on February 24th, 2011

The average Ugandan woman “produces” on average 7 children, this means that Uganda has the 2nd highest growth rate in the world.  Research shows that a woman is more likely to escape poverty if she has fewer children but the population in Uganda is doubling approximately every twenty years. Half of Ugandans alive today are under [...]

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