ENGAGE Snapshot: Family Planning and Gender Equality Go Hand-in-Hand
Gender equality means a balance in the power and privileges, responsibilities, and resources that men and women possess.
Gender equality means a balance in the power and privileges, responsibilities, and resources that men and women possess.
In 2008, the United Nations announced that 50 percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a milestone in demographic history.
By increasing the flow of accurate, understandable information about population, family planning, and reproductive health to policy audiences, IDEA enhances efforts carried out by civil society, the public sector, the development community, and donors.
Although progress has been made toward achieving Millennium Development Goal #1 in sub-Saharan Africa, the absolute number of people living in poverty continues to rise, due to population growth.
Online Appendices Revised July 2019