Although Mali has ratified most major international and regional human rights treaties, and its constitution defends women’s rights, the country has yet to formally pass a law criminalizing gender-based violence (GBV).
The world population is growing older. With continued declines in fertility and mortality, the global population’s shift toward an older age structure, known as population aging, will accelerate.
The world population will reach 9.9 billion by 2050, up 2.
The World Population Is Growing Older. With continued declines in fertility and mortality, the global population’s shift toward an older age structure, known as population aging, will accelerate.
PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an excellent reference and data analysis tool. Teachers are encouraged to have their students use the Data Sheet for a variety of topics and activities.
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The sections listed below explore eight elements of population dynamics.
PRB has prepared a set of three Evidence Briefs, summarizing the program’s findings on FGM/C and its relationship to HIV, fistula, and early/child marriage.
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People who did not spend their entire childhoods living in a stable two-parent family face greater chances of downward economic mobility than their peers who did, finds Deirdre Bloome of the University of Michigan.
(2018) Uganda’s Kalangala District has higher rates of HIV and teenage pregnancy than most of the country.