Population Media Center
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The Population Media Center is an international non-profit headquartered in Shelburne, Vermont, USA.
The organization works with mass media and other organizations to achieve stabilization of human population numbers at a level that can be sustained[vague] by the world's natural resources. It also aims to lessen the impact of expanding humanity on the environment. The organization helps to educate people about the benefits of small families, encourage the use of family planning methods, uphold women's status and promote gender equity.
The organization creates long-running serial dramas using the Sabido Methodology to help change attitudes and behavior related to people's health and well-being.
This methodology has been scientifically shown to lead to population-wide behavior change in many countries where it has been implemented.
PMC has carried out projects in:
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Eastern Caribbean
- Ethiopia
- Jamaica
- Mali
- Mexico
- Niger
- Nigeria
- The Philippines
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sudan
- The United States
- Vietnam
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