{"id":5647,"date":"2019-09-30T10:57:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T07:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=5647"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:34","slug":"empowering-women-lies-at-the-centre-of-controlling-population-growth-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/09\/30\/empowering-women-lies-at-the-centre-of-controlling-population-growth-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Women Lies At The Centre Of Controlling Population Growth In Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Alex Ezeh<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think about the future of my continent in terms of three\nquestions: Are Africans healthy? Do they have access to a good education? And\ndo they have opportunities to apply their skills?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millions more Africans have been able to answer yes to these\nquestions in recent years. But there\u2019s an elephant in the room. One of the keys\nto keeping this progress going is slowing down the rapid rates of population\ngrowth in parts of the continent. But population issues are so difficult to\ntalk about that the development community has been ignoring them for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population growth is a controversial topic because, in the\nnot-too-distant past, some countries tried to control population growth with\nabusive, coercive policies, including forced sterilization<\/a>.\nNow, human rights are again at the centre of the discussion about family planning,\nwhere they belong. But as part of repairing the wounds created by this history,\npopulation was removed from the development vocabulary altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the sake of Africa\u2019s future, we should bring it back.\nBased on current trends, Africa as a whole is projected to double in size by\n2050. Between 2050 and 2100, according to the United Nations, it could almost\ndouble again. In that case, the continent would have to quadruple its efforts\njust to maintain the current level of investment in health and education, which\nis too low already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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