Lateef stresses that the international community needs "to address the conflict and violence that makes it very difficult to create stable environments in which people can earn a living & lift themselves out of poverty."

Like TomZ below my concern with articles like this one is that we don't face the facts that Catholicism's choice to not supply viable birth control to these nations causes these women & people overall in these countries to be in poverty and stay in poverty.  Overpopulation in poor areas creates the environment where women are left uneducated and not able to work.  It also causes the, too speedily consumed to be replenished, use of natural resources like food & water & fuel.  These resources once scarce create a reason for war.  Women in poor countries have begged charities to give women who want free birth control this help & only more secular charities supply this help now.  

We must demand our church change on this sexist & environmentally harmful stand.