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Population Reference Bureau Ending Violence Against Women Must Begin in Boyhood
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One has only to read a single issue of The Washington Post to be painfully reminded of the tremendous toll that violence against women takes, both in the U.S. and across the globe. On a single day, the Post’s Metro section referenced the violent deaths of seven women in the DC metro area:
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Carbon Offsets and Drawing the Distinction Between Population “Control” and Voluntary Family Planning
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I was recently asked whether I thought Optimum Population Trusts Carbon Offsets Programwas akin to “population control” by rich countries on poor countries.I felt the question mischaracterized the program and population and climate change relationships in general, and this was my response:
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PRB is now accepting applications for its 2010-2011 Fellows’ Program in Population Policy Communication.
The program is a great opportunity for doctoral students from developing countries who plan to work in population and related fields. The Fellows Program provides participants with an understanding of how research c...an inform social policy, and a detailed knowledge of different approaches to communicating research findings to non specialists.
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(December 2009) The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is now accepting applications for its 2010–2011 Fellows Program in Population Policy Communications. The Program is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). ...
Population Reference Bureau For a long time, Afghanistan has been a country with a high and stable birth rate, a country where women averaged about eight children each, and a country in which one-fourth of its children were likely to die before reaching their fifth birthday. But in recent years, these once-stable trends appear to be changing. Giv...en the extensive and growing media coverage that Afghanistan's political situation receives, it is important to take a close look at its demographic situation as well.
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Today is World AIDS Day.
Learn how HIV/AIDS is affecting older persons in developing countries with an interview with John Knodel, University of Michigan.
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Web Article: Aging, Family Structure, and HealthWeb Article: Public Policy, Financial Decisions, and the Health of Older AdultsDiscuss Online: Global Aging and Economic DevelopmentHow Does HIV/AIDS Affect the Elderly in Developing Countries?
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Uganda in the Rearview Mirror
Jay Gribble, vice president of International Programs at PRB, shares his thoughts on the recent International Family Planning Conference in Uganda and how it has galvanized the global family planning movement.
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Over the past few days, I’ve had the opportunity to attend the International Family Planning Conference, held at the Speke Conference Center in Uganda. This meeting has given me the chance to learn a ...
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Family Planning, Family Health, Family Wealth: Not only is family planning a health strategy, but it is also a poverty reduction strategy.
Has family planning been couched too often simply in terms of health benefits, ignoring poverty reduction and gender equity benefits?
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More than 1,000 people have gathered on the shore of Lake Victoria at the Speke Conference Center outside of Kampala, Uganda, to discuss family planning—what we have learned from research and how to expand the implementation of best practices.
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Take part in the PRB's upcoming Discuss Online: “Marriage Is Good for Your Health”
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, 1–2 p.m. (EST) (GMT -5)
Research shows that married people are healthier and live longer than unmarried people. Linda Waite, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and director of the University of Chic...ago’s Center on Aging, has studied the ways that marriage, widowhood, divorce, and remarriage affect physical and mental health. Some of the findings are surprising, and they are important for the well-being of the growing number of older people. Join Waite as she answers your questions about how and why marriage affects health, and policies that might enhance the benefits of marriage and social networks for older people.
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Welcome to PRB Discuss Online. This feature of PRB's website gives you "live online" access to experts from PRB and elsewhere to answer your questions about noteworthy and newsworthy population, health, and environment topics, trends, and issues.
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Four population experts discuss what they will take away from the XXVI International Population Conference and what they see as important emerging issues in their field, whether it's education, climate change, demographic transitions, etc.
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The IUSSP conference occurs only every four years and is the largest international gathering of population scientists. PRB asked a diverse group of experts attending the 2009 IUSSP meetings in Marrakech, ...
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A new website on urban reproductive health has launched from the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation Project of the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative. Check it out.
The Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, a multi-country program targeting the urban poor, improves contraceptive choice and increases access to high qu...ality, voluntary family planning. The MLE Project will identify the most effective country-level approaches, facilitate knowledge sharing, and build a robust evidence base to shape future urban family planning, reproductive health, and integrated maternal and newborn health programs.
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The Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, a multi-country program targeting the urban poor, develops cost-effective integrated family planning interventions to improve reproductive health outcomes. The ...