2004) In September 2004, four devastating hurricanes and tropical storms killed more than 1,500 Haitians, destroyed roughly 90 percent of Grenada, and wreaked billions of dollars of damage on the southern United States.
(2011) Without gender statistics that measure the status of women and men and their roles in social, economic, health, and political spheres, we have limited ability to assess progress in achieving gender equality or in prioritizing actions to address gender disparities.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
(2019) Smoking and obesity are the two leading causes of preventable death, disability, and chronic disease in the United States.
Naming the vulnerability and discrimination LGBTQ youth face can be a starting point for adults and institutions that support youth—and youth themselves—to act for change.
(2000) The 20th century witnessed a revolution in human health and well-being. Average life expectancy at birth in many industrialized countries nearly doubled from around 45 years in 1900 to more than 70 years in 1999.
(2012) Jan. 25, 2012, marked the one-year anniversary of the antigovernment protests in Egypt that led to President Hosni Mubarak's resignation. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians, including a vast majority of young people, demanded political freedom, better wages, and better working conditions.
(2012) The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University in 1991.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
(2020) To combat obesity and diabetes, lawmakers in a number of U.S. cities have taxed sodas, sports drinks, and sweetened tea, and many are now considering health warning labels.
Project: Middle East and North Africa Program (MENA)
(2012) Reproductive health (RH) is one of the cornerstones of an individual's health and well-being, and an important component of a country's human social development.