(2014) Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends Update 2014. The infographic explains what female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is; who is affected by the practice; where the practice is still present; progress toward ending FGM/C; and lessons learned from 20 years of interventions.
Since 2006, the World Economic Forum has issued a Global Gender Gap Index to review gender-based disparities around the world and track progress in closing the gap in four areas: educational attainment, health, economic participation, and political empowerment.
An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.
(2014) Over the last 20 years, significant efforts have been made at the community, national, and international levels to address the issue of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).
In this webinar, Philip Martin, professor at the University of California, Davis, chair of the UC Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, and editor of Migration News and Rural Migration News, discussed global trends in migration, exploring causes and regional patterns.
(January 2014) This infographic highlights key global migration trends in PRB’s Population Bulletin, “The Global Challenge of Managing Migration,” and the numbers behind them.
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This ENGAGE presentation designed for improving access to health services (especially family planning and reproductive health), while also helping households improve livelihoods, manage natural resources, and conserve the critical ecosystems on which they depend.
The PRB ENGAGE Snapshot, “Population, Health, and Environment Working Together,” highlights the complex and interrelated challenges faced by many families and communities around the world, and shows how the PHE (population, health, and environment) approach can address these challenges.
(December 2013) Human trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced labor is now on the agenda of dozens of governments worldwide.