Julia Hailes MBE

Sustainability Pioneer

Significant life-changing benefits from family planning – CHASE Africa (May21)

CHASE Africa’s Impact Report has some really moving stories about how lives have been improved through having access to family planning. Of course, there are macro benefits to stopping an exponential population rise – particularly in relation to pressures on the environment. But, let’s not forget the human misery caused by not being able to […]

Let’s hope Catholic bishops become extinct in Kenya (Feb19)

I can’t believe the latest nonsense from the Catholic Church in Kenya.  Bishop Kariuki is asking Christians to have more children.  I don’t really get the rationale because it seems to be linked to a shortage of priests.  I think the idea is that if Catholics have more off-spring, there will be more support for the church.  But, of course, […]