Research Library and Other Resources

International Lecture Series on Population Issues

The International Lecture Series on Population Issues is sponsored by the Population and Reproductive Health area of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Program on Global Security and Sustainability. The lecture series addresses critical issues in population and development that the world will confront in coming years.

• The Millennium Development Goals and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health

• August 17, 2007, Abuja, Nigeria. A lecture by Paul Hunt, Professor in law, and member of the Human Rights Centre, at the University of Essex (England) and Adjunct Professor at the University of Waikato (New Zealand).

• Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Wrongs: The Case for Maternal Mortality

• February 16-19, 2004, National Reproductive Health Summit, Abuja, Nigeria. A lecture by Mahmoud F. Fathalla, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Assiut University, Egypt
  
  

• Reproductive Health and Gender Equality in the 21st Century: A New Reality

• July 3, 2000, Lagos, Nigeria. A lecture by Dr. Nafis Sadik, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
  
  

• Who Cares for the Health of Africans: The Nigerian Case

• March 19, 1998, Kaduna, Nigeria. A lecture by Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Chair, Better Health in Africa Panel, The World Bank.
  
  

• Human Values and Sustainable Development: The Changing Face of Africa

• February 1, 1996, Lagos, Nigeria. A lecture by Dr. Florence Wambui Manguyu, President, Medical Women’s International Association.
  
  

• A Peace Perspective on Population and Environment: People Before Weapons

• 1995, Mexico City, Mexico. A lecture by Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez.
  
  

• Men's Roles, Sexuality, and Reproductive Health

• July 31, 1995, São Paulo, Brazil. A lecture by Axel I. Mundigo, Ph.D.
  
  

• Putting People First: Implementing the International Conference on Population and Development Action Plan in Africa

• January 19, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria. A lecture by Dr. Frederick T. Sai, President, International Planned Parenthood Federation.
  
  

• Population Policy: Authoritarianism versus Cooperation

• August 17, 1995, New Delhi, India. A lecture by Professor Amartya Sen.