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The World Population Foundation (WPF) was founded in 1987 in the Netherlands by Diana and Roy W. Brown. Their purpose was to create an organisation to draw attention to the effects of high birth rates and rapid population growth on maternal and infant mortality, communities and the environment, and to raise funds for population projects and programmes, with the ultimate aim of reducing world poverty and improving the quality of life of the world’s poorest people.

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  • The World Population Foundation (WPF) was founded in 1987 in the Netherlands by Diana and Roy W. Brown. Their purpose was to create an organisation to draw attention to the effects of high birth rates and rapid population growth on maternal and infant mortality, communities and the environment, and to raise funds for population projects and programmes, with the ultimate aim of reducing world poverty and improving the quality of life of the world’s poorest people. From 1987 until 1994, WPF was a small organisation mainly supported by donations from the founders and by consultancy assignments. In 1994, the WPF played an important role in the Dutch delegation of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. At this conference, the Cairo Programme of Action was adopted which still serves as a foundation for WPF’s work. WPF works to reduce maternal and infant mortality, and improve sexual health and reproductive rights. It acknowledges that attention for these themes and to the improvement of services will contribute to the struggle against poverty worldwide. Therefore, WPF advocates the implementation of these themes in the UN's Millennium Development Goals. 2006-2009, the World Population Foundation's board members include Nafis Sadik, former Executive Director of UNFPA. As of 1 January 2011, Rutgers Nisso Groep and World Population Foundation (WPF) have merged under the new name Rutgers WPF. Chair of Rutgers WPF is Bert Koenders, former minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands. (en)
  • De Wereldbevolkingsstichting (Engels: World Population Foundation) is een stichting die in 1987 in Nederland werd opgericht door het Britse koppel Diana en Roy Brown. De stichting richtte zich op de groei van de wereldbevolking. Omdat Groot-Brittannië al dergelijke organisaties had en Nederland niet, richtten ze de stichting daar op. Sinds 1 januari 2011 is de stichting gefuseerd met de Rutgers Nisso Groep onder de nieuwe naam Rutgers WPF. In 2015 veranderde de naam van Rutgers WPF in Rutgers. (nl)
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  • De Wereldbevolkingsstichting (Engels: World Population Foundation) is een stichting die in 1987 in Nederland werd opgericht door het Britse koppel Diana en Roy Brown. De stichting richtte zich op de groei van de wereldbevolking. Omdat Groot-Brittannië al dergelijke organisaties had en Nederland niet, richtten ze de stichting daar op. Sinds 1 januari 2011 is de stichting gefuseerd met de Rutgers Nisso Groep onder de nieuwe naam Rutgers WPF. In 2015 veranderde de naam van Rutgers WPF in Rutgers. (nl)
  • The World Population Foundation (WPF) was founded in 1987 in the Netherlands by Diana and Roy W. Brown. Their purpose was to create an organisation to draw attention to the effects of high birth rates and rapid population growth on maternal and infant mortality, communities and the environment, and to raise funds for population projects and programmes, with the ultimate aim of reducing world poverty and improving the quality of life of the world’s poorest people. (en)
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  • Wereldbevolkingsstichting (nl)
  • World Population Foundation (en)
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