Objective Worldwide development of policies and practices which will reduce population growth by addressing the relationships between population growth, global resources, the status of women and girls, and access to family planning and reproductive health services. Priorities To promote worldwide access to safe, affordable family planning and reproductive health services. To support efforts which advocate increased government support for voluntary, affordable family planning and reproductive health services. To support activities which address the relationships between population growth, the low status and lack of options for women and girls, consumption of natural resources, and the resulting environmental degradation. To support activities that focus on women and girls and provide for their improved status in society through increased access to educational, political and economic opportunities. To support initiatives that address the growing number of teenage pregnancies in the United States, with a particular focus on under-served populations. (Priority consideration given to statewide coalition in New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.) Geographic Focus Domestic and International Grant Application | Current Initiatives | Turner Foundation