Topic: Research Report

The APPG hosted a series of parliamentary hearings on the connection between girls’ education and sexual and reproductive health and rights in the developing world. This report and its recommendations are based on the evidence submitted to the hearings.

The APPG hosted a series of parliamentary hearings on abortion in the developing world and the UK. The hearings called for evidence from governmental and non-governmental organisations, institutions and individuals. This report and its recommendations are based on the evidence submitted to the hearings.

The APPG hosted a series of parliamentary hearings to draw attention to the role of population dynamics in achieving sustainable development, and its interplay with climate change and with conflict. This report and its recommendations are based on the evidence submitted to the hearings.

The result of a partnership by six All-Party Parliamentary Groups, this report takes a global perspective on how to empower patients to play a more active role in their care, drawing lessons from over 100 innovative case studies.

Child marriage is a global phenomenon despite being illegal under international law. This report tells the stories of girls forced into marriage and records the expertise of specialists in the field on the familial and societal causes of this practice, both in the UK and developing world.

In 2009, the APPG’s 2007 report on the impact of global population growth on the Millennium Development Goals was updated to reflect more recent estimates for global population growth and its impact.

Maternal morbidity leaves 10–20 million women and girls every year with long-term physical, psychological, social and economic problems. The APPG held hearings into this often neglected subject on 8–9 December 2008.

The APPG initiated parliamentary hearings into the impact of population growth on the Millennium Development Goals, calling for empirical evidence from professional, academic and institutional sources worldwide. This report presents the conclusions and recommendations based on evidence submitted to the hearings.

Sexual and Reproductive ill health accounts for one-third of the global burden of disease amongst women of reproductive age. The APPG investigated the failure of sexual and reproductive health and donor communities to work together in the struggle to overcome HIV/AIDS.