Project: Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC)
This brief details the valuable services mangroves provide, challenges to maintain them, and how to protect communities from the consequences of sea level rise and severe typhoons.
(2011) "I told them I was terrified and desperate, that I was just a child and far too young to get married...I used to scream and cry all night. I was too young, too tender. It killed me inside. Life became meaningless." Young Turkish Kurdish girl married at age 12.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
This webinar is part of the Africa PHE quarterly webinar series implemented under the Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health (PACE) Project.
Project: Middle East and North Africa Program (MENA)
(2013) This policy brief presents the latest data on child marriage in the Arab region, which includes members of the League of Arab States (stretching from Morocco to Oman). Arabic and English versions.
(2008) Fertility has declined significantly throughout the developing world, and in Latin America total fertility rates (TFRs) have declined by 50 percent over the last three decades, from 5.0 births per woman in 1970 to only 2.5 today.1
(2010) The concept of "race" has always been controversial, given ugly associations with slavery, the eugenics movement, and racism.
(2015) China has abandoned its one-child policy, according to news reports. So what would be the demographic implications of this two-child policy?
(2010) What are the "next generation" contraceptives? Several innovative contraceptive methods are expected to enter the market within five years, and more are under development. What are they and who is likely to use them? How might new methods help reduce the unmet need for contraception of an estimated 200 million women worldwide?