Jared Laureles and Jessica Xantomila
The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, July 25, 2024, p. 13
In the framework of the celebration of its 50 years, the National Population Council (Conapo) presented a book about this half century of work
Its director, Gabriela Rodríguez, highlighted that the change in population age, redistribution and the imminent aging
will be their priorities in the coming years.
He pointed out that when Conapo was founded, the population trend had changed dramatically; from a need to populate we went to growing a lot; that was 50 years ago, today it is a different story.
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Five decades later We close a cycle and open a new one, with very different challenges in demographic dynamics
he indicated at the presentation of the Book 50 years of Conapo, transformation of population policywhich consists of 14 sections with updated main statistics on the subject.
Aidé García, from the organization Catholics for the Right to Decide, emphasized that Conapo has played a strategic role in the development of family planning policies that, if not applied since the 1970s, would mean that there would be twice as many inhabitants and now, instead of 131 million, there would be 300 million.
The Undersecretary of Human Rights, Population and Migration of the Ministry of the Interior, Arturo Medina, noted that five decades ago the fertility rate was six children per woman and now it is 1.6 for every Mexican woman.
He added that there are currently 50 births per thousand adolescents, when 50 years ago there were 135; they have decreased by 30 percent, One of the most important achievements of the policy carried out by Conapo
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