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Ebrahim, freelance journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan, and member PRB’s Women’s Edition</em> </p> <p>They didn’t talk about maternal mortality and they didn’t talk about how it pays to invest in women. They didn’t talk about cost-effective solutions or that pumping another $12 billion a year can deliver for girls and women. No grim figures and no statistics were discussed.</p> <p>So what were these women doing at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.womendeliver.org/" target="_blank">Women Deliver</a>, the largest-ever maternal and child health conference, held in Washington D.C. this week if they were not advocating for investing in women’s health and education, the theme of the conference? It was the second plenary of the first day of Women Deliver 2010, and these women in power talked about how they learned to cope with their successes.</p> <p>These champions of women’s rights, who have worked tirelessly for women’s health issues, included Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile; Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Ashley Judd, actress and board member of the Population Services International; and Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Obama.</p> <p>The four women spoke unabashedly about their fears, mostly about the fear of not meeting people’s expectations; the hard task of upholding the “superwoman” title that they never asked for in the first place, and how they dealt with criticism. They talked about their endless quest to find a balance, the juggling of responsibilities for those who had kids, and how those who chose not to have kids had to fight for that right. They talked about the importance of having alliances, of “trusting” friends who would tell them the truth for often when you are at the helm you “lose sense of reality.” Their discussion became all the more real because it was interspersed with real-life anecdotes. </p> <p>The room was cold and would have grown unbearably colder had it not been for the warmth exuded by the moderator, Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.huffingtonpost.org/" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a>, who put her guests at ease — so much so that Judd took off her shoes and plunked herself comfortably in the chair and pulled her legs up. </p> <p>Huffington opened the discussion with what she claimed was a “trivial” subject — sleep – of which she had lately become “obsessed.” She said she needed seven and a half hours of sleep to be able to get her creative juices running smoothly. But more importantly, she pointed out that for many women, success meant driving themselves to the ground. “It’s not enough to be successful if there was no joy,” she said.</p> <p>Bachelet, who was 22nd on Forbes 2009 list of 100 most powerful women, said women in power positions could make a difference. “I went into politics to be able to make people happy,” she said simply. Yet, she said it was not easy and she spent sleepless nights and anxious days because people were looking up to her, many for inspiration, others with aspiration. </p> <p>The key to surviving at the helm, said Jarret, was to “make room for yourself.” To which Clark added, “believe in yourself,” which was seconded by Bachelet who said “don’t be consumed by work.” But another piece of advice came out during the plenary: abstain from holding grudges. Each speaker said most women were so scared of criticism, they internalized it. “The trick is to get over it,” they said.</p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=127&title=PRB Women’s Edition at the Women Deliver Conference: The Changemakers" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-89"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=89" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to PRB in the Field: A Few Ponderings on Field Visits">PRB in the Field: A Few Ponderings on Field Visits</a></h2> <p><small>December 18th, 2009 Jason Bremner</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Environment" rel="category">Environment</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=89#respond" title="Comment on PRB in the Field: A Few Ponderings on Field Visits">No Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><em>by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment</em> </p> <p>My mind is often flooded with indicators: population size, percent of the population living on less than a dollar per day, landholdings per household, average family size, and unmet need for family planning are a few that often float around in my head. Statistical research, however, never replaces the wealth of insight that can be gained through visiting communities, talking to people, and connecting faces and stories with indicators, results, and statistical associations. </p> <p>I recently had such an opportunity while visiting the Southern and Oromia regions of Ethiopia, where PRB is building policy communications capacity <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.populationaction.org/blog/2009/12/climate-change-the-human-faces.html">with several organizations </a>implementing <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/video-integrating-population-health-and.html">integrated population, health, and environment projects</a>. </p> <p><embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&noautoplay=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FPopulationReferenceBureau%2Falbumid%2F5416580772017679729%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317oe_/http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="307" width="460"></embed></p> <p>During this field visit I came to the realization that a field visit is probably as intimate a communications opportunity as a project can have. People aren’t reading a one-pager or watching your perfectly crafted video. They’re actually there, talking with project staff, listening to beneficiaries, and seeing your efforts with their own eyes. Will you ever have a more captive audience? Probably not. Thus, while visiting the projects and talking with community members, I was constantly reflecting on the process itself, and this set of visits presented a whole spectrum of different experiences to reflect upon. So here are a few of my initial quick thoughts on field trip best practices. </p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=89#more-89" class="more-link">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=89&title=PRB in the Field: A Few Ponderings on Field Visits" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-82"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=82" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Voices From the XXVI International Population Conference">Voices From the XXVI International Population Conference</a></h2> <p><small>November 6th, 2009 Mary Kent</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=82#respond" title="Comment on Voices From the XXVI International Population Conference">No Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><em>by Mary Kent, senior demographic editor</em></p> <p>Attending a large professional conference serves several purposes for demographers: It is a place to trade ideas with peers working on similar problems and with similar data; it offers a window into interesting projects outside the often narrow focus of one’s own specialty; it encourages us to ponder big, complicated issues, like climate change; and it provides an opportunity to catch up with old friends and colleagues and to meet new ones. Despite long days in stuffy, windowless meeting rooms, attending a conference can be energizing, reminding us why we went into the field in the first place and giving us fresh ideas about how to approach our work.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://www.iussp.org/marrakech2009/header.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="100"/></p> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.iussp.org/marrakech2009/index.php" target="_blank">IUSSP conference </a>occurs only every four years and is probably the largest international gathering of population scientists. We asked a diverse group of population scientists attending the 2009 IUSSP meetings in Marrakech what they will take away from the experience and what they see as important emerging issues in their field.</p> <p><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SljzIiKhrr8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317oe_/http://www.youtube.com/v/SljzIiKhrr8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></p> <p>This video features:</p> <p><strong>Ragui Assaad</strong> is a professor at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He recently returned to the university from Cairo, where he served as the regional director for West Asia and North Africa for the Population Council. Ragui has written numerous publications, including a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/pdf07/YouthinMENA.pdf" target="_blank">PRB policy brief </a>on the MENA youth bulge. He hosted one of PRB’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://discuss.prb.org/content/interview/detail/2295" target="_blank">Discuss Online sessions </a>on the topic in 2008.</p> <p><strong>Joel E. Cohen</strong> is Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of Populations at Rockefeller University. He heads the Laboratory of Populations at both Rockefeller and Columbia universities. Joel’s research deals mainly with demography, ecology, population genetics, epidemiology, and social organization of human and nonhuman populations, and with mathematical concepts useful in these fields. He is the author of numerous works on these subjects, including the seminal work, <em>How Many People Can the Earth Support?</em> He currently serves on the board of Trustees for PRB.</p> <p><strong>John F. May</strong> is a demographer at the World Bank who tracks population and health trends in sub-Saharan Africa. He recently published the study “Capturing Ethiopia’s Demographic Bonus.” Before joining the World Bank in 1997, John worked on population projects around the world for the UN Population Fund, UNICEF, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the IUSSP, and the Futures Group International. John was a visiting scholar at PRB in 1991-1992 and again in 2005-2006.</p> <p><strong>Lori Hunter</strong> is a professor of sociology and environmental studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and editor-in-chief of the journal Population and Environment. She is part of an ongoing project investigating the links between the environment and HIV/AIDS for people living in specific rural areas of South Africa. Her research interests embrace many aspects of environment, health, and population dynamics, including the public perception of environmental issues and environmental inequality. Lori spent September 2006 to April 2007 at PRB as a Population-Health-Environment Bixby Fellow. During this time, she contributed several<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Articles/2006/HIVAIDSandthenaturalenvironment.aspx" target="_blank"> articles </a>to our website.</p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=82&title=Voices From the XXVI International Population Conference" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-81"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=81" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to When Politics Meets Demographic Data">When Politics Meets Demographic Data</a></h2> <p><small>October 15th, 2009 Bill Butz</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=81#comments" title="Comment on When Politics Meets Demographic Data">2 Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><em>by Bill Butz, PRB president</em></p> <p>Those of us at PRB who attended this year’s IUSSP International Population Conference had an enlightening, exciting, and wonderful time in Marrakesh. We also had a first-hand lesson in what happens when local political realities meet international population data gathering and reporting.</p> <p>Sunday morning of the conference brought a shock to us. Representatives of the host government of Morocco had removed all the publications from PRB’s exhibit booth because two of our data sheets included estimates for Western Sahara, the focus of territorial dispute for decades. The Moroccan government considers Western Sahara part of the Kingdom of Morocco. Other organizations’ materials were also removed for the same reason. We retrieved our publications after agreeing not to distribute publications with the Western Sahara estimates.</p> <p>But the <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2009/2009wpds.aspx">World Population Data sheet </a>is our most well-known publication, and many visitors to our booth asked for it expressly. In the end we did distribute the data sheets with the Western Sahara lined blacked out so that these unique resources could eventually be posted on office and classroom walls around the world. Many participants also took our CD-ROM containing more than 80 recent datasheets and publications in English, with many also in French, Spanish, or Arabic.</p> <p>In the end, the important thing is that participants from NGOs and academia were able to get our publications with our objective data and analysis, while we also respected the wishes of the host government.</p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=81&title=When Politics Meets Demographic Data" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-80"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=80" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 4">Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 4</a></h2> <p><small>October 2nd, 2009 Bill Butz</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=80#respond" title="Comment on Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 4">No Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><em>by Bill Butz, president</em></p> <p>I’m enjoying this week immensely. Of approximately 904 scientific papers or panel presentations and 856 poster presentations, I’ve personally experienced only a small number. Of the 2,700 participants from scores of countries, though, I’ve been fortunate to talk with a great many—old friends and new, visitors at our PRB booth, chance encounters in the halls, and yes, the souks. </p> <p style="text-align: center"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://www.iussp.org/marrakech2009/header.jpg" height="100" width="500"/></p> <p>Seven PRB staff, three senior fellows, and five members of our Board of Trustees are here in Marrakech: </p> <p>PRB staff: Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health and Environment; Nadwa Mossaad, research associate, Domestic Programs; Nazy Roudi, program director, Middle East and North Africa; Fariyal Fikree, senior program director, Global Health; Mary Kent, senior demographic editor; and Bill Butz, president.</p> <p>Fellows: Tom Merrick, Elaine Murphy, Charlie Teller. </p> <p>Trustees: Wendy Baldwin, The Population Council; Wolfgang Lutz, Vienna Institute of Demography; Joel Cohen, Rockefeller University; Leela Visaria, independent researcher; and Martin Vaessen, ICF Macro. </p> <p>This conference is a prime opportunity to stay abreast of the science in our fields and to contribute to it. You’ll be reading—and hearing—some of the results on the PRB website in coming weeks. (And for a fascinating look back at 50 years of IUSSP conferences—how the topics, authors, and regions have changed—see <em>From Vienna to Marrakech: 50 years of Independent IUSSP Conferences, 1959-2009</em> from the Vienna Institute of Demography).</p> <p>For several days before the main conference, I participated in a workshop convened by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in collaboration with four European Research Councils: <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/index.aspx">Economic and Social Research Council </a>(UK), <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1177315753906&p=1177315753906&pagename=ForskningsradetEngelsk%2FHovedsidemal">Research Council of Norway</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.equipop.org/">Equilibres et Populations </a>(France), and WROTO (Netherlands). Together with African experts, communication specialists, and other funders such as USAID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we considered how to communicate complex research to African policymakers in the context of an <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.poppovresearchnetwork.org/">ambitious international program </a>of economic and demographic research just now beginning to produce its first results. We moved at a fast clip. The results are a practical blueprint for action as the scientific findings come on line.</p> <p>These meeting are beautifully organized and the host government and the King have been gracious and generous. Marrakech is lovely and fascinating, and the scientific enterprise regarding population in its many contexts is vibrant.</p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=80&title=Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 4" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-78"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=78" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 2">Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 2</a></h2> <p><small>September 29th, 2009 Nadwa Mossaad</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=78#respond" title="Comment on Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 2">No Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><em>by Nadwa Mossaad, research associate, Domestic Programs</em></p> <p>Yesterday marked the opening ceremony of the 26th International Union for the Study of Population (IUSSP) in the ancient red city of Marrakech, located in the center of Morocco bordering the Sahara desert on the foot of the Atlas Mountains.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://www.iussp.org/marrakech2009/header.jpg" height="100" width="500"/></p> <p>The opening ceremony was impressive, with over 2,300 participants from more than 100 countries — the largest ever in the history of IUSSP. The ceremony was marked by speeches from the International Organizing Committee’s president Ahmed lahlimi Alami, IUSSP president John Cleland, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid, former director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for the Arab States Rima Khalaf Hunaidi, and finally from his Majesty the King of Morocco, all highlighting the importance of demographic research in alleviating poverty, increasing education, and advancing women’s rights and human development while paying close attention to the environment and climate change.</p> <p>The meeting’s theme is as varied as the history, culture, and demography of the people of the host country this year. The discussions and presentations will range from the usual to the new and groundbreaking to the controversial, but the general sense is to discuss the challenges facing the world today and the upcoming decade, and to explore the renewed commitment of many stakeholders to appropriately address the issues.</p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=78&title=Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 2" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-77"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=77" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 1">Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 1</a></h2> <p><small>September 28th, 2009 Farzaneh Roudi</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=77#respond" title="Comment on Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 1">No Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><em>by Farzaneh Roudi, program director, Middle East and North Africa</em></p> <p>Today, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.iussp.org/marrakech2009/index.php">XXVI International Population Conference of the International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) </a>opened in Marrakech, Morocco. Held once every four years, this is the first time the conference has taken place on the continent of Africa, and the first time it’s been held in an Arab country. It is also the largest-ever gathering of specialists from the Arab world and population scientists from around the world.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://www.iussp.org/marrakech2009/header.jpg" align="middle" height="100" width="500"/></p> <p>So, it was wonderful to see many of my friends whom I found over the years in different international conferences: a Palestinian woman I first met in India, a Lebanese whom I first met in Egypt, a Sudanese I met in Jordan, and a Saudi I met in Tours, France, where the previous IUSSP conference was held four years ago.</p> <p>The first international conference I attended was in Amman, Jordan in 1993. It was the preparatory meeting of Arab region for the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) that was going to be held in Cairo the following year. The international population conference, a decennial event organized by UNFPA, was held in Cairo in September 1994 and attended by high-level policymakers from 179 countries. As a side meeting, there was a gathering of nongovernmental organizations from around the world, as a way of influencing the high-level policymaking at ICPD. </p> <p>Today, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid was among the keynote speakers. And again, it is the first time that such a high-level official from UNFPA attended this international conference, which traditionally has been a gathering of academics. There are good reasons for Thoraya Obaid to be here. This year is the 15th anniversary of the Cairo Conference and the fact that the Executive Director is from the region (Saudi Arabia) can explain her participation and support for this conference. But more importantly, such a partnership between UNFPA, the highest policymaking body on population issues at the global level and IUSSP, the largest scientific body for the study of population, is very much welcomed.</p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=77&title=Dispatches From the International Population Conference, Day 1" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-72"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=72" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to World Population Data Sheet 2009 – 7 Billion People by 2011">World Population Data Sheet 2009 – 7 Billion People by 2011</a></h2> <p><small>August 13th, 2009 Eric Zuehlke</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=10" title="View all posts in Population Basics" rel="category">Population Basics</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=13" title="View all posts in Youth" rel="category">Youth</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=72#comments" title="Comment on World Population Data Sheet 2009 – 7 Billion People by 2011">2 Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><em>by Eric Zuehlke, editor</em></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2009/2009wpds.aspx"><img border="0" align="left" width="117" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/mhtml:file://C:\Documents and Settings\ezuehlke\My Documents\Blog\Behind the Numbers The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment » Blog Archive » World Population Data Sheet 2009 - 7 Billion People by 2011.mht!http://www.prb.org/images09/WPDS09-HPthumb.jpg" height="134"/></a></p> <p>On August 12, PRB launched the annual <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2009/2009wpds.aspx"><em>World Population Data Sheet</em> </a>and accompanying <em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Publications/PopulationBulletins/2009/worldpopulationhighlights2009.aspx">Population Bulletin</a></em> in Washington, DC, highlighting country, regional, and global population, health, and environment data and patterns. This year’s data sheet places special emphasis on youth.</p> <p>The share of world’s youth population is growing in Africa and shrinking in More Developed Countries (MDCs). In 1950, 9 percent of the world’s youth lived in Africa and 30 percent lived in MDCs (Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan). By 2050, that share will change to 29 percent in Africa and 11 percent in the MDCs. “The great bulk of today’s 1.2 billion youth—nearly 90 percent—are in developing countries,” said Carl Haub, PRB senior demographer and co-author of the data sheet. Eight in 10 of those youth live in Africa and Asia. “During the next few decades, these young people will most likely continue the current trend of moving from rural areas to cities in search of education and training opportunities, gainful employment, and adequate health care.” With the right investments in health, education, agricutlural develomment, and entrepreneurship, a large youth population can be an opportunity for development and change. However, these investments are not being made in many countries. The fundamental question facing many developing countries is whether the needs of their large youth populations will be met. The answer to this question will largely determine the development, stability, and future of developing countries. </p> <p>The data sheet shows just how stark the contrasts are between rich and poor countries in terms of population growth, life expectancy, income, and other indicators. Stay tuned for a webcast on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/">prb.org</a> of the data sheet launch at the National Press Club over the next week.</p> <p>We welcome your comments, input, questions on our findings and the implications of this on the world’s future. </p> <p>Here are just a few stories on the data sheet launch from around the world:</p> <p><strong>CNN:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/12/world.population/index.html">World population projected to reach 7 billion in 2011</a></p> <p><strong>The New York Times DotEarth:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/a-billion-teenagers-for-better-or-worse/">A billion teenagers, for better or worse</a></p> <p><strong>National Post:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/08/12/world-population-to-hit-7-billion-by-2011-report.aspx">World population to hit 7 billion by 2011: report</a></p> <p><strong>Daily Dispatch (South Africa):</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=336510">Africa Will Battle for Resources</a></p> <p><strong>Xinhua (China):</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/13/content_11872124.htm"><font color="#551a8b">Global population to hit 7 billion in 2011: US report</font></a></p> <p><strong>Pravda (Russia): </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://newsfromrussia.com/russia/economics/13-08-2009/108831-population-0">Russian Population To Reduce to 110 Million by 2050 </a></p> <p><strong>The Sofia Echo (Bulgaria): </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.sofiaecho.com/2009/08/13/769612_world-population-to-reach-94-billion-by-2050-report-says">World population to reach 9.4 billion by 2050, report says</a></p> <p><strong>The Sun (Malaysia):</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=36902">US teen birth rates higher than rest of developed world </a></p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=72&title=World Population Data Sheet 2009 – 7 Billion People by 2011" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-62"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=62" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to PRB in the Field: Hope is a School in Kajiado, Kenya">PRB in the Field: Hope is a School in Kajiado, Kenya</a></h2> <p><small>May 12th, 2009 Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=12" title="View all posts in Reproductive Health" rel="category">Reproductive Health</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=13" title="View all posts in Youth" rel="category">Youth</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=62#respond" title="Comment on PRB in the Field: Hope is a School in Kajiado, Kenya">No Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em>by Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs,</em> <em>program director, Gender</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Last week, I visited ground zero of hope and it wasn’t in Washington, London, or Geneva. It was 60 kilometers outside of Nairobi, in a small town called Kajiado.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">With 15 journalists in a workshop funded by USAID and organized by PRB, I went to the AIC Girls’ Primary School and Rescue Center and although we were hot, dusty, and grumpy from the traffic jams and rough roads when we arrived, we left hopeful and inspired.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">While we were there we heard from the headmaster, Nicholas Muniu, and a dedicated staff member named Catherine that change is happening: that girls named Emily and Beatrice were among the girls who had come to the school escaping from certain early marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM); that among the 706 girls now at the school, 217 were rescued from early marriage and FGM; that some were brought by uncles, fathers, and mothers who wanted something better for these daughters. Even more amazing, many came by themselves.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">The school began in 1959 with 20 girls and now has more than 700, with a waiting list of girls who want to come. While some of the girls were only rescued after they had already been subjected to FGM or early marriages, the school is now rescuing many before this happens. While the school was formerly viewed with suspicion—and even met with spear-carrying husbands and fathers—the school is gaining respect quickly. The graduates of Kajiado graduate with top academic skills, according to headmaster Muniu. And more importantly, the thinking among chiefs in the region has changed dramatically. “Chiefs now accept that educating girls is more important than getting two cows for them in early marriages,” Muniu says.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">It quickly becomes apparent that the school, which runs through grade 8, is more than a shelter for these girls, it’s a doorway to a brighter future. While customs and laws change slowly in this part of the world, these girls quickly grasp that they can be anything they want. They study hard, they live without many of the amenities expected in the West, they sometimes say goodbye forever to families who would force them to undergo old customs and harmful traditional practices. But they have dreams, these girls. When asked what they want to be, they answer doctors and lawyers and pilots. Though they may never have been on an airplane, I know that some day they will be. For this school has given them wings to fly.</p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=62&title=PRB in the Field: Hope is a School in Kajiado, Kenya" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div id="post-63"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=63" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to PRB in the Field: The Rescue Center">PRB in the Field: The Rescue Center</a></h2> <p><small>May 1st, 2009 Administrator</small> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=31" title="View all posts in PRB News" rel="category">PRB News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=12" title="View all posts in Reproductive Health" rel="category">Reproductive Health</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?cat=13" title="View all posts in Youth" rel="category">Youth</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/?p=63#respond" title="Comment on PRB in the Field: The Rescue Center">No Comments »</a> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><em>by Yordanos Goushe, senior reporter, Ethiopia Radio TV Agency</em></p> <p>The most effective way of saving young girls from FGM, rape, and early marriage is strengthening the optional center of care that functions within the society. Women in the society remain the vanguard to take actions against the impairing conditions for young girls through a most supporting structure. </p> <p>On Saturday, April 25, 2009 we Women’s Edition journalists visited the Kajiado AIC Rescue Center, a center that was created by people who were committed to educating young girls. The girls in the center have stories to tell about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), early marriage, and rape. These stories make you wonder how such things are done by a parent to his/her own offspring in the name of culture. However, there are also beautiful and rare stories of hope. If we ask the young girls in the rescue center, they will tell us they want to be a lawyer, politician, public figure, and a journalist. </p> <p>Taking these and other difficulties of Kajiado girls into consideration, the AIC Rescue Center has taken the step of working with the chiefs, fathers, and mothers of the community. Now the chiefs are protecting the young girls who go back to their community for school break and fathers are bringing their daughters before the cutting is done to them.</p> <p>The AIC Rescue Center receives girls from all over Kenya, some travelling a long distance after being the victims of rape, others running away from home because they do not want to be cut. The center provides good education, food, and shelter for these young girls who have seen a lot at an early age. The center receives all of them with an open hand even if it has limited capacity; there is always room for one more young girl who comes to the rescue center to have another chance in life.</p> <p>There is a very important message which comes across from the AIC Rescue Center: there are young girls who are saying “no” to the cultural barriers in their communities and these girls need help, so it’s our duty to help them find a solution.</p> </div>  <div class="addthis"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=blogohblog&url=http://prbblog.org/?p=63&title=PRB in the Field: The Rescue Center" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button"/></a></div> </div> <div class="br"><br/></div> <div> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://prbblog.org/index.php?cat=31&paged=2">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> <br/> </div> </td></tr></table></center>  <br/><br/> <div align="center"> <div align="center" id="ftr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://www.prb.org/images/footer2.gif" width="3" height="23" align="right"/><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317im_/http://www.prb.org/images/footer1.gif" width="3" height="23" align="left"/><span class="footertext">Services: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Home/EmailSignup.aspx">Get E-Mail News</a>  ·  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Join.aspx">Join/Renew Membership</a>  ·  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Donate.aspx">Donate</a>  ·  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Bookstore.aspx">Bookstore</a>  ·  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Home/Contact.aspx">Contact</a>  ·  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/SpanishContent.aspx">Español</a>  ·  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/FrenchContent.aspx">Français</a></span></div> <span class="footer2text"><b>Copyright 2007, Population Reference Bureau.</b> All rights reserved. • <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/http://www.prb.org/Home/Privacy.aspx">Privacy Policy</a></span><br/> <span class="footer2text">1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW • Suite 520 • Washington, DC 20009-5728 • USA <br/> <b>Phone:</b> 800-877-9881 • <b>Fax:</b> 202-328-3937 • <b>E-mail:</b> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100620072317/mailto:popref@prb.org">popref@prb.org</a></span><br/> </div>  </div>  <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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