As the Asia-Pacific region's population shifts due to low fertility and societies age, women may face specific challenges tied to factors like their longevity, financial resources, and caregiving responsibilities.
(2013) The United Nations Population Division has just released its comprehensive estimates and projections, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. The results show a larger global population size in 2050, 9.6 billion, up from the 9.3 billion that the UN projected in its 2010 Revision. A major reason for the higher projection is higher fertility (birth rates) in some countries than previously estimated, particularly in Africa. Much of that information comes from recent demographic surveys.
Project: KIDS COUNT
(2006) The child poverty rate has become one of the most widely used indicators of child well-being in the United States.
Project: KIDS COUNT
(2006) The child poverty rate has become one of the most widely used indicators of child well-being in the United States.
(2002) The past century witnessed a revolution in health care, yet millions of women still endure the risks of pregnancy and childbirth under conditions virtually unchanged over time. Maternal complications take a serious toll on women.
Older Adults, Communities of Color, and Renters Are Especially Vulnerable
(2001) Malaria threatens at least 24 million pregnancies each year in Africa, the continent most affected by this disease according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
World population grew to 7.06 billion in mid-2012 after having passed the 7 billion mark in 2011.
To address the issue of food loss between the field to the end-user, a team from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has designed and evaluated an off-grid, clean energy cooling system for low-income farmers.