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| Des forêts en bonne santé pour des personnes en bonne santé — population et déforestation (PDF: 125KB) |
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Ce rapport de six pages examine les menaces que la déforestation fait peser sur la santé des humains et de l’environnement, met en lumière ses causes sous-jacentes et souligne le rôle de la dynamique de la population dans ce processus. (2002)
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| Las mujeres, los hombres y el cambio en el medio ambiente (PDF: 151KB) |
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Este documento de ocho páginas examina cómo los papeles de uno y otro sexo afectan el uso de los recursos naturales, así como las diferentes formas en que el agotamiento de los recursos afectan a los hombres y mujeres, y lo que se ha venido haciendo en todo el mundo para integrar los intereses de ambos en la planificación ambiental. (2002)
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| Les femmes, les hommes et les changements environnementaux (PDF: 183KB) |
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Ce rapport de huit pages examine la manière dont les différences liées au sexe jouent un rôle dans l’utilisation des ressources naturelles, la façon dont la réduction des ressources affecte différemment les femmes et les hommes et ce qui a été fait de par le monde pour intégrer cette différence dans la planification environnementale. (2002)
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| Women, Men, and Environmental Change (presentation) |
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This PowerPoint presentation was adapted from PRB's policy brief, Women, Men, and Environmental Change: The Gender Dimensions of Environmental Policies and Programs. It is designed to communicate the important linkages between gender and the environment. An understanding of women's and men's relationships to the environment can play a key role in developing solutions for more sustainable use of natural resources and improved health and well-being. (April 2002)
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| Abandonner l’excision féminine : prévalence, attitudes et efforts pour y mettre fin (PDF: 242KB) |
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Ce rapport compile sous forme de tableaux des données tirées des Enquêtes démographique et de santé sur la prévalence de l'excision féminine et les attitudes à l'égard de cette pratique au Burkina Faso, en Égypte, en Érythrée, au Kenya, au Mali, en République centrafricaine, au Soudan, en Tanzanie et au Yémen. Le rapport examine aussi les efforts locaux et nationaux pour mettre fin à ces pratiques et présente des recommandations aux décideurs et directeurs de programmes. (2002)
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| 2002 Women of Our World |
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Being born female affects one's life chances in all societies, but the particular conditions facing women vary from one society to another. This data sheet catalogs the status of women in 168 countries with a focus on demography, reproductive health, education, economic status, and political leadership. (February 2002)
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| Making Motherhood Safer: Overcoming Obstacles on the Pathway to Care (PDF: 734KB) |
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Pregnancy and childbirth need not be a perilous journey. Governments and communities can make motherhood safer by preventing delays on the pathway to care. This new PRB report discusses the prevalence of maternal mortality and the health care systems that can make the process of bringing new lives into the world safer for mothers. (February 2002)
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| Securing Future Supplies for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Prevention |
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Reproductive health experts are concerned about looming shortages of condoms and other contraceptives in less developed countries. If not addressed, shortfalls in supplies could result in an upsurge of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. (February 2002)
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| USAID/Mexico Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Program, 1992-1999 (PDF: 419KB) |
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This booklet summarizes the last phase of USAID assistance to Mexico, from 1992 to 1999. The report gives program managers, policymakers, and donors information about USAID’s program in Mexico, including lessons learned and challenges remaining. (February 2002)
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| Understanding and Using Population Projections |
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The National Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences convened a panel of experts in 1998 to examine the assumptions, accuracy, and uncertainty related to the most widely used population projections and to recommend ways to improve these projections. (December 2001)
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| Inquietudes femeninas: Cobertura periodística sobre las mujeres y el VIH/SIDA (PDF: 872KB) |
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Esta Inquietudes femeninas es la quinta de una serie compilada por el proyecto de Women's Edition del PRB y examina el efecto de la epidemia del VIH/SIDA sobre las mujeres y las niñas desde el punto de vista de las mujeres periodistas. (2001)
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| Inquiétudes féminines : les femmes et le VIH/SIDA dans les médias (PDF: 604) |
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Cette publication "Inquiétudes féminines", la cinquième d’une série réalisée par le projet de Women’s Edition du PRB, analyse l’impact de l’épidémie sur les femmes et les filles, dans l’optique des journalistes femmes. En juillet 2000, le PRB a réuni en colloque les journalistes chevronnées de dix pays pour débattre des femmes et du VIH/SIDA, avant la 13e conférence internationale sur le SIDA, à Durban en Afrique du Sud. Ces journalistes ont ensuite rédigé des suppléments spéciaux, publiés dans leurs quotidiens et leurs revues, ainsi que des émissions radio mettant en évidence les éléments locaux et internationaux de l’épidémie. (2001)
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| La jeunesse en Afrique sub-saharienne : données et graphiques sur la sexualité et la santé de la reproduction (PDF: 1.92MB) |
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Ce recueil de graphiques de 44 pages passe en revue des données tirées d'enquêtes démographiques et de santé sur les adolescents dans 11 pays en Afrique sub-saharienne. Les sujets traités comprennent l'éducation, la sexualité et le mariage, le VIH/SIDA, la grossesse, la contraception et la maternité. (2001)
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| Políticas de población: avances en los derechos de la mujer (PDF: 385KB) |
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Este Population Bulletin revisa la evolución de políticas de población nacionales, especialmente las que se crearon después de la histórica conferencia de 1994 en El Cairo. Describe el nuevo enfoque en la mejora de la salud reproductiva y los derechos de la mujer y cómo los gobiernos han tratado de incorporar este nuevo enfoque en sus políticas y programas. Este documento también estudia las posibles nuevas direcciones para las políticas de población. (2001)
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| Politiques de la population : la promotion des droits de la femme (PDF: 467KB) |
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Ce numéro du Population Bulletin se penche sur l’évolution des politiques démographiques nationales, surtout dans le sillage de la conférence historique qui s’est déroulée au Caire en 1994. Il décrit les nouveaux efforts déployés pour améliorer la santé reproductive des femmes et leurs droits et la manière dont les gouvernements ont tenté d’inscrire cette nouvelle approche dans leurs politiques et leurs programmes. Le Bulletin examine par ailleurs diverses orientations possibles pour les politiques en matière de population. (2001)
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| Healthy People Need Healthy Forests |
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Deforestation worldwide continues at a net rate of 9.4 million hectares a year, posing a serious threat to human communities and natural ecosystems at the outset of the 21st century. (October 2001)
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| Conveying Concerns: Media Coverage of Women and HIV/AIDS (PDF: 203KB) |
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This new PRB report examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on women and girls from the perspective of journalists from Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Romania, and the U.S. (September 2001)
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| Abandoning Female Genital Cutting (PDF: 380KB) |
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This report presents special data tabulations from Demographic and Health Surveys on the prevalence of and attitudes toward female genital cutting (FGC) in Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Mali, Sudan, Tanzania, and Yemen. The report also discusses local and national efforts to end the practice, and presents recommendations to policymakers and program managers. (August 2001)
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| 2001 World Population Data Sheet |
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PRB's popular World Population Data Sheet, in a wallchart format and a 12-page book edition, contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for 200 countries, including births, deaths, natural increase, infant mortality, total fertility, life expectancy, HIV/AIDS prevalence rates, urban population, contraceptive use, gross national income adjusted for purchasing power parity, land area, and population per square mile. (May 2001)
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| The World's Youth 2000 |
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This 24-page report, and its accompanying data sheet, give a profile of today's youth, providing data on population, education, and health, with a special focus on sexual and reproductive health. Topics include: education, sexual and reproductive lives of young people, use of contraception, sexual violence against young women, HIV/AIDS, and policy and program approaches. (The report includes all the data in the data sheet, but the data sheet does not contain all the text and charts in the report.) (2000)
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| Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Chartbook on Sexual Experience and Reproductive Health (PDF: 1.1MB) |
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Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the world's youngest populations. At the beginning of the 21st century, about one out of every four people in sub-Saharan Africa is 10 to 19 years old. This is the largest group of young people ever in the region to enter adulthood. To what extent are young people in the region prepared for adulthood? This chartbook examines factors that are important to a healthy transition, including education and exposure to information; sexual experience and marriage; HIV/AIDS; childbearing; contraception; and maternal health. (April 2001)
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| New Population Policies: Advancing Women's Health and Rights |
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This Population Bulletin reviews the evolution of national population policies, particularly following the historic 1994 Cairo conference. It describes the new focus on improving reproductive health and women's rights and how governments have tried to incorporate this new approach in their policies and programs. The Bulletin also looks at possible new directions for population policies. (March 2001)
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| Conveying Concerns: Women Report on Families in Transition |
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Many features of modern life are changing the structure of households and the nature of family life. This Conveying Concerns, the fourth in a series compiled through the Women's Edition Project at PRB, highlights these changes in family life from the perspective of women journalists. (January 2001)
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| Emerging Issues in Women's Health and Rights |
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In June 2000, United Nations delegates reaffirmed their commitment to women's rights. Meeting to review progress on the Platform for Action of the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, they also identified initiatives for speeding up implementation of the Beijing Platform, including such areas of concern as health, education, and poverty. (December 2000)
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| USAID Support for Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Brazil (PDF: 1MB) |
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This report provides highlights of USAID's assistance in Brazil, focusing in particular on the period from 1992 to 2000, and summarizes the findings of an external evaluation conducted in understanding the major achievements of and lessons learned from USAID's activities (so that they might be replicated elsewhere) and to identify opportunities for future investment in Brazil. (November 2000)
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| Building on Global Gains in Health, Education, and Rights: The Cairo Consensus (PDF: 132KB) |
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In 1999, national leaders renewed their commitment to a 20-year agreement adopted at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. The ICPD+5 review highlighted goals, achievements, benchmarks, and obstacles that define and challenge this new approach to population and development. (2000)
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| How Does Family Planning Influence Women's Lives? (PDF: 272KB) |
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Among the many changes that occurred in
the second half of the 20th century,
perhaps the most significant and personal
for women has been the means to choose whether
and when to have children. This “reproductive
revolution” — made possible by the expanded
availability of modern contraceptive methods in
the last 30 years — has helped give women the
chance to pursue new roles and activities outside
the home. These new roles and activities ultimately
contribute to a country’s economic and social
development. (June 2000)
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| Is Education the Best Contraceptive? (PDF: 288KB) |
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Educating women is an important end in and of itself. But is education the best short-term strategy for advancing women’s reproductive choice in low-resource settings? This four-page fact sheet discusses the links between education and childbearing. (June 2000)
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| Making Pregnancy and Childbirth Safer (PDF: 499KB) |
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This fact sheet discusses the causes and consequences of maternal mortality and the steps that countries can take to reduce the health risks associated with pregnancy. (June 2000)
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| Meeting Young Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health Needs (PDF: 276KB) |
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Today’s young women are the healthiest and most educated to date, but they still face obstacles to achieving their full potential. This four-page fact sheet discusses the sexual and reproductive health of young women and the steps that countries can take to meet young women’s needs for reproductive health information and services. (June 2000)
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| Social Marketing for Adolescent Sexual Health (PDF: 467KB) |
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AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancies have reached critical levels in sub-Saharan Africa, creating a need for innovative prevention programs for vulnerable groups. This report describes operations research projects in Botswana, Cameroon, Guinea, and South Africa that attempted to determine whether social marketing interventions improved adolescent understanding of sexual health issues and access to reproductive health products and services (June 2000)
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| India National Family Health Survey - 2 |
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Click above to order the wallcharts. Three wallcharts highlight data from the NFHS-2, a major survey of 90,000 ever-married Indian women ages 15 to 49, conducted in 1998-1999. The survey series was initiated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India and coordinated by the International Institute for Population Sciences, in Mumbai. The wallcharts cover: Health and Family Welfare, Women and Reproductive Health, and Welfare of Children and Youth. (2000)
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| Conveying Concerns: Women Write on Gender-Based Violence |
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This booklet presents a collection of newspaper and magazine articles and transcripts of broadcasts produced by women journalists in seven countries. The stories convey a range of themes on gender-based violence, including local efforts to increase recognition of violence against women as a societal problem. (April 2000)
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| Female Genital Cutting: The Facts and the Myths |
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Between 100 million and 150 million women around the world have undergone female genital cutting (FGC), and some 600 girls are at risk every day. FGC has serious health effects; it is also a serious human rights violation. This report summarizes a symposium held in Washington, DC, in 1999, which brought together USAID staff to explore ways of incorporating activities to eradicate FGC into USAID programs. (1999)
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| Breastfeeding Patterns in the Developing World |
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This wallchart offers information on breastfeeding patterns, child survival, and reproductive health information for more than 90 developing countries. It also includes information that highlights the benefits of breastfeeding, the Lactational Amenorrhea Method, and breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS. (1999)
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| Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey 1997: Main Findings (PDF: 345KB) |
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This summary of the 1997 Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey reports on recent trends in fertility, trends in contraceptive use, fertility intentions, fertility and contraception among teenagers, and contraceptive supplies and services. (August 1998)
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