Ending Child Marriage in Egypt
(2016) Every year, millions of girls in developing countries marry before their 18th birthday. In Egypt, it is one in six girls.
(2016) Every year, millions of girls in developing countries marry before their 18th birthday. In Egypt, it is one in six girls.
(2012) Almost two of every three people in sub-Saharan Africa live in a rural area, relying principally on small-scale agriculture for their livelihood. Improving agriculture on small farms is critical to reducing hunger.
Project: Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC)
Colombia’s tropical forests are important ecosystems that help ensure clean air and maintain systems of biodiversity, yet wildfires threaten them.
(December 2008) According to the United Nations (UN), "Population ageing is unprecedented, without parallel in human history and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid ageing than did the century just past."
(2010) U.S.-born Latinos and foreign-born Latinos face widely different social and economic experiences in the United States.
(March 2009) When some people reach older ages, they begin to lose their ability to reason and to remember.
(December 2008) According to the United Nations (UN), "Population ageing is unprecedented, without parallel in human history and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid ageing than did the century just past."
(2009) One in every 10 children in the United States had no health insurance in 2007, and the cost of insurance to families and employers is rising, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine. America's Uninsured Crisis: Consequences for Health and Health Care is an independent assessment of published studies and surveys and provides new research on how lack of coverage affects U.S. children and families.