UNITED NATIONS
Jarring note
UNFPA to bow out
The world is approaching ‘peak youth’ point
A UN report calls on governments to draft policies to realise the demographic dividend before the proportion of young population starts declining
Lifting the barriers
Reproductive choice, gender equality and sustainable development are closely connected, say the latest report on the world's population
Blinded by figures
By 2010, the world's population will have gone up to 6 billion. But at the recent New York meeting on population and development, counting heads …
Half the women in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have any say on health, contraception: UN report
Less than 10% women in 3 west African countries have say on sex, family planning and healthcare
India’s population to surpass China’s this year: UN report calls for focus on reproductive rights
State of World Population 2023: Impact on economy, environment main concerns of citizens, finds perception survey
Decline in adolescent pregnancies ‘alarmingly slow’ in developing countries: UN
Central & southern Asia has one of the highest likelihoods of rapid repeat pregnancies
Twenty-six countries commit US $560 million for UN development work
India pledges $9.28 million
Out of control
Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth
India among worst performers in maternal and child health
Report also mentions that one-third of child deaths occur in South Asia
New financing facility to help poor countries reach 2015 development goal
Additional funds will speed up progress on women and child health in developing countries
33 women still die every hour from pregnancy and childbirth complications: WHO
India among 10 nations with highest maternal mortality ratio; many poor countries likely to miss target set under Millennium Development Goal
'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'
India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report