PRB Discuss Online: Marriage Is Good for Your Health
(2009) Mounting research shows that married people are healthier and live longer than unmarried people.
(2009) Mounting research shows that married people are healthier and live longer than unmarried people.
(2012) Women who have an unmet need for contraception are broadly defined as those who want to delay or stop childbearing but are not using contraception. Put another way, these women are potential users of contraception.
(2009) "The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet" was held in Berkeley, Calif., on Jan. 23 and 24, 2009.
(2013) Twelve women journalists from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe talked with one another about the status of women in their cultures. The Africans said women in their countries have many babies, often too many to care for adequately.
Project: Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy to Expand Access to Safe Abortion (SAFE ENGAGE)
Women in sub-Saharan Africa face the greatest risk globally for an unintended pregnancy to result in an unsafe abortion.
Project: Demographic Dividend: Ensuring Regional and National Commitment and Action
The demographic dividend offers a powerful argument linking population dynamics and economic development. This topic has attracted a wide variety of researchers and international development organizations and has recently gained traction among global policy audiences.
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.