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A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge Edited by Laurie Mazur
October 13, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Jaime Jennings, 202-232-7933×44 EMAIL jjennings@islandpress.org WEBSITE www.popjustice.org PRESS RELEASE A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge Edited by ...More
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- “Missing the Point on Large Families,” by Laurie Mazur
- “Population and Sustainability: Can We Avoid Limiting the Number of People?” by Robert Engelman
- “Sustainable Population, Minus the Control,” by Robert Engelman
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Suzanne Petroni
Senior Program Officer, The Summit Foundation
Suzanne Petroni is an expert on population and reproductive health and rights. She manages the Global Population and Youth Leadership program for the Summit Foundation, directing its resources to improve access by young people to sexual and reproductive health globally. Ms. Petroni serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, a network of some 60 grantmakers. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Petroni worked for the U.S. State Department and worked on a range of global issues, including population, health, the environment, women and refugees. She served as the U.S. government’s “Officer in Charge” for the five-year review of the International Conference on Population and Development and worked closely with international and non-governmental organizations to support and monitor a wide range of reproductive health programs.