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Domestic Violence: An Ongoing Threat to Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

(2001) Despite laws against domestic violence, many women in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be failed by the legal system.

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Distilled Demographics: The Death Rate

(Video Series) The 20th century world population "explosion," from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6.1 in 2000, was a direct result of the rapid decline in mortality rates in less developed countries.

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International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Marks Ninth Year

(2012) Feb. 6, 2012, marks the ninth commemoration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.

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Status Update: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Kenya

Results from Kenya's 2014 Demographic and Health Survey reveal that facets of adolescent sexual and reproductive health are improving but that some areas need further attention and work.

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The U.S. Decennial Census and the American Community Survey: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

(April 2011) On March 24, 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau released the final 2010 Census redistricting data files for each state that will be used to redraw federal, state, and local legislative districts

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Birth Rates Rising in Some Low Birth-Rate Countries

(2009) "1.57 Shock" was a popular media phrase in Japan back in 1990 after the fertility rate (TFR) fell to its lowest value ever: 1.57 lifetime births per woman, recorded for 1989.1 This was even below the 1.58 children per woman reached during the inauspicious year of the Fire Horse—1966.

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Contraceptive Needs of Older Nigerian Women Are Neglected

2013) Throughout the world, women ages 35 and older are often left out of conversations on contraception. Many of these women do not think they are at risk of pregnancy because of infrequent sex, marital disruption, the lack of a regular partner, or their perception that they are infertile—and thus they do not see the need to use contraception.

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