Birth Rates Rising in Some Low Birth-Rate Countries
By asoares
(2009) “1.57 Shock” was a popular media phrase in Japan back in 1990 after the fertility rate (TFR) fell to its lowest value ever: 1.57 lifetime births per woman, recorded for 1989.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
Reducing Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafely Performed Abortion Through Contraceptive Use
(September 2009) Unmet need for family planning, unintended pregnancy, and unsafely performed abortion are linked.
Poverty Is a Persistent Reality for Many Rural Children in U.S.
(2009) Although child poverty conjures up an urban image for most Americans, one-fifth of children in poverty live in rural areas. Poverty rates are higher for rural than for urban children, and the gap has increased in recent years.
Healthy Expectations
(2009) Fifteen years ago, in 1994, the world’s nations forged a visionary plan in Cairo, Egypt, to foster economic development and reduce poverty, with a focus on promoting human rights, empowering women, and erasing inequities within societies.
Youth Bulges, Urbanization, and Conflict
(2009) Whether young people will gain access to education and employment opportunities over the coming years and decades is one of the major questions facing developing countries with large youth populations.
2009 World Population Data Sheet Presentation
(August 2009) The Population Reference Bureau released its 2009 World Population Data Sheet on Aug. 12, 2009, at the National Press Club in Washington,DC with presentations highlighting children and youth, the theme of this year’s data sheet.
La planification familiale sauve des vies
(Mars 2009) L’adoption à grande échelle de la planification familiale représente l’un des changements les plus notables du XXe siècle.
2009 World Population Data Sheet
(2009) Global population numbers are on track to reach 7 billion in 2011, just 12 years after reaching 6 billion in 1999. Virtually all of the growth is in developing countries.
A Manual for Integrating Gender into Reproductive Health and HIV Programs: From Commitment to Action
This reference manual, prepared by IGWG’s Gender Manual Task Force, focuses on the “how” of gender integration.
World Population Highlights: Key Findings From PRB’s 2009 World Population Data Sheet
(2009) Population change will shape the prospects of regions and countries over the next half century.