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Empowering Women, Developing Society: Female Education in the Middle East and North Africa

(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.

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Nutrition of Women and Adolescent Girls: Why It Matters

Malnutrition, defined as ill health caused by deficiencies of calories, protein, vitamins, and minerals interacting with infections and other poor health and social conditions, saps the strength and well-being of millions of women and adolescent girls around the world.

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Family Instability in Childhood Affects American Adults’ Economic Mobility

People who did not spend their entire childhoods living in a stable two-parent family face greater chances of downward economic mobility than their peers who did, finds Deirdre Bloome of the University of Michigan.

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The Baltics: Demographic Challenges and Independence

(2000) Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania are in the midst of a transition to independence after nearly 50 years of domination by the Soviet Union. Some of the first laws passed by the newly independent governments placed strict limits on who could become a citizen and actively promoted use of the native languages.

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Population Losses Mount in U.S. Rural Areas

(2008) Despite rapid population growth in parts of the U.S. South and West, 43 percent of all counties lost population since 2000-nearly twice the number of counties that lost population during the 1990s (1,346 counties vs. 689 counties).

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HIV in the Middle East: Low Prevalence but Not Low Risk

(2013) UNAIDS has estimated that around 270,000 people are living with HIV in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, an overall HIV prevalence of 0.1 percent among adults ages 15 to 49, and one of the lowest rates among world regions.

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