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Natalia Kanem

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Natalia Kanem is Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund.

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  1. Supporting Sexual and Reproductive Health Is Good Business
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    Supporting Sexual and Reproductive Health Is Good Business

    Jul 12, 2024 Natalia Kanem argues that investing in employees’ well-being will help companies attract and retain top talent.

  2. Backsliding on Maternal Mortality
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    Backsliding on Maternal Mortality

    May 25, 2023 Natalia Kanem urges governments to take immediate, proven steps to ensure that childbirth is a time of life, not death.

  3. Preserving Women’s Bodily Autonomy
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    Preserving Women’s Bodily Autonomy

    Jul 1, 2021 Natalia Kanem calls attention to the consequences of impaired sexual and reproductive health services during the pandemic.

  4. Winning the War Against Maternal and Child Deaths
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    Winning the War Against Maternal and Child Deaths

    May 21, 2020 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, et al. fear that the COVID-19 crisis will halt – or reverse – recent progress in protecting mothers and children.

  5. The Economic Benefits of Family Planning
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    The Economic Benefits of Family Planning

    Jul 25, 2018 Natalia Kanem says access to contraception is a basic human right that can empower women and transform countries.

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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