International Women’s Day: 100 Years
(2011) March 8, 2011, marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. The past 100 years has witnessed much progress but there remains an unfinished agenda in many regions of the world.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
The World’s Women and Girls 2011 Data Sheet
(2011) In which country do 72 percent of women marry before age 18? Worldwide, what percent of girls complete primary school? What is the average number of lifetime births per woman in Niger?
“The World’s Women and Girls 2011 Data Sheet,” Fact Sheet
(2011) Improvement in gender equity and women’s empowerment has been uneven around the world and slow in many regions, according to the World’s Women and Girls 2011 Data Sheet.
America’s Aging Population
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Population Bulletin, Vol. 66, No. 1: In 2011, the oldest baby boomers—Americans born between 1946 and 1964—will start to turn 65.
U.S. Fertility in Decline
(February 2011) The number of babies born in the United States fell by 2.3 percent in 2009, and the number is continuing to slide.
PRB Discuss Online: Will China Relax Its One-Child Policy?
(February 2011) Since 1979, China has applied a family planning policy limiting most families to only one child as a means for controlling its high population growth.
Youth Revolt in Egypt, a Country at the Turning Point
(2011) Egyptians know some dates by heart: July 26, 1952, marks the overthrow of Egypt’s last monarch; Oct. 6, 1973, is the date of the country’s attack to reclaim the Sinai Peninsula.
Toward an Engaged Public Demography
(February 2011) The core issues of population studies are among the central concerns of our societies and those we study, and have been for a very long time.
PRB Discuss Online. Two Decades of Data Collection on Female Genital Cutting: What Has Changed?
(2011) For more than 20 years, since the first data collection in Sudan in 1989, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) team at Macro International has been tracking the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation and female circumcision.
Providing Education and Combating FGM/C in Rural Kenya
(2011) Kakenya Ntaiya was born in a rural village in southern Kenya, one of eight children. When she was 5 years old, her parents arranged an engagement to a local boy.