Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
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Author ArchiveSex Selection Further Devalues WomenTuesday, October 16th, 2012 Posted in Gender, Marriage/Family by Kate Gilles, policy analyst, International Programs A direct consequence of prenatal sex selection is that fewer girls are born relative to the number of boys born. In some countries, the ... Read more..World Contraception DayWednesday, September 26th, 2012 Posted in Reproductive Health by Kate Gilles and Marissa Pine Yeakey, policy analysts World Contraception Day “centers around a vision for a world where every pregnancy is wanted,” with a goal of enabling “young people ... Read more..Malawi Vice President: “Family Planning is a Family Business”Friday, May 11th, 2012 Posted in Reproductive Health by Kate Gilles, policy analyst, International Programs “Family planning is a family business…and both men and women should be involved.” This was one of the key points in the Malawian Vice ... Read more..Couple Dynamics in Family Planning; Men Advancing Family Planning; Engaging Men in Family Planning: How? Why?Thursday, December 1st, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health by Kate Gilles, policy analyst, International Programs These are a few of the sessions offered over the past two days at the International Family Planning Conference in Dakar. Listening to colleagues ... Read more..Couples, Communication, and ContraceptionThursday, October 27th, 2011 Posted in Gender, Reproductive Health by Kate Gilles, policy analyst In an essay in the Sunday, Oct. 23 New York Times, Helen Epstein asks, “Could a ‘contraceptive talking cure’ work in Africa in our own century?” ... Read more.. |
