Margaret Pyke Trust

It doesn't stop!
This time it's the South African media covering our #ThrivingTogether campaign.
Great to see our colleagues at Endangered Wildlife Trust Peace Parks Foundation, Friends of the Earth, Conservation Planning Specialist Group and CHASE Africa all being quoted.
... https://www.iol.co.za/…/family-planning -worlds-most-importa…
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Like buses, two newspaper articles on our work with Wild Planet Trust, Paignton Zoo, Newquay Zoo and Living Coasts come along at the same time!
http://wearesouthdevon.com/thriving-toget her-people-and-n…/😀

What happens when the UK's leading reproductive health training organisation (us) works with conservation leaders like Wild Planet Trust, Living Coasts, Paignton Zoo and Newquay Zoo? Well we get written about in the Exeter Daily, that's what.
https://www.theexeterdaily.co.uk/…/thri ving-together-people…

Judith Stephenson, the Margaret Pyke Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health at UCL:
“In some ways, it seems like one of God’s great design faults … It is not helpful to have these periods – in fact, if you don’t have them, one of the biggest benefits would be reducing iron deficiency anaemia.”
https://www.theguardian.com/…/women-don t-need-to-bleed-why-…

Improving access to #FamilyPlanning is key to women's health and strengthening conservation @janegoodallinst @janegoodall #ThrivingTogether

Thank you @Sophie_Ed1984 @devex for promoting #ThrivingTogether and the importance of #FamilyPlanning and #Conservation organisations working together to benefit people and planet. Time to work together!

Happy World Population Day! Read about our #ThrivingTogether campaign. We are going to change global conservation policy, to highlight barriers to family planning are conservation issues. It starts today. https://www.theguardian.com/…/improve-c ontraception-access-…

Our #ThrivingTogether campaign highlights that when people can choose freely whether and when to have children it is for the benefit of both people and planet. Join the campaign at www.thrivingtogether.global

Tomorrow is #WorldPopulationDay when we'll be launching our #ThrivingTogether campaign. Like our page to be the first to know when the campaign launches!

Well, that looks more like our David, not our Carina, but they both worked hard to make sure the IUCN Regional Conservation Forum in Rotterdam featured barriers to family planning, as a conservation issue. IUCN IUCN Europe

The biggest cuddly toy you've ever seen? We're at the WWF offices today, talking about why barriers to family planning are relevant to biodviersity, sustainability and the environment.

Going to the IUCN Regional Conservation Forum in July?
Don't miss our session "Removing Barriers to Family Planning, Empowering Sustainable Environmental Conservation" - 9 am 1 July.

We've just refreshed our website landing page, have a look!
https://margaretpyke.org/

#Familyplanning may not be a silver bullet but it certainly goes a long way in improving women and girls' health, empowerment and is fundamental for sustainable development!
"With contraceptives, you can protect your health instead of putting your body through the rigors of pregnancy and child birth when you don’t want to. With contraceptives, you can finish your schooling. With contraceptives, you can work outside the home and save up money if you choose to do so. Health, e...ducation, and a job. Those are foundations of prosperity, and they all depend on the ability to plan."
Read Women Deliver full interview with Melinda Gates #Deliverforgood
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Wish our David and Carina good luck! They're just leaving the office to go to a 'dragon's den' type event to pitch for funding from The Funding Network and the Environmental Funders Network. All the best! You can do it!

Best of luck to our amazing London Marathon 2019 runners! All of those cold and wet training runs you've done over the last few months will be totally worth it when you cross that starting line to cheering crowds! We salute you! Thank you so much for supporting us!
If you want to support, you can donate here:https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fun d…/showROFundraiserPage…