Mountains: Sources of Water, Sites of Poverty and War
(2002) Why the focus on mountains? They provide fresh water for most of the urban population living in the lowlands, the Earth's greatest biodiversity, and recreation destinations.
(2002) Why the focus on mountains? They provide fresh water for most of the urban population living in the lowlands, the Earth's greatest biodiversity, and recreation destinations.
(2010) Unintended pregnancies are widespread in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), jeopardizing the health and well-being of women and their families.1 These unplanned pregnancies also exert an unnecessary burden on their countries' health systems and socioeconomic development.
(2016) In Egypt, harmful practices that violate girl's rights are hindering the country's development and ignoring the demographic significance of adolescent girls in the country.
(2010) Over the past several decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has used variations in its attempt to classify and enumerate Latinos.
Census questions about race and ethnicity have evolved over time, as have Americans’ views about racial and ethnic identification.
(2010) In April 2010, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE), a research center at the University of Washington, released estimates showing unexpected declines in global maternal mortality compared with previous UN estimates.