News from the PRI Library and Data Archive » Women’s Issues http://info.pop.psu.edu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 AIDS is leading cause of death and disease in women http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/11/10/aids-is-leading-cause-of-death-and-disease-in-women/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/11/10/aids-is-leading-cause-of-death-and-disease-in-women/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:56:08 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/?p=2585 In a study of women’s health around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) found that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease in women between the ages of 15 and 44, according to an Associated Press story.

The full report, Women and health: Today’s evidence tomorrow’s agenda, is available online from WHO.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/11/10/aids-is-leading-cause-of-death-and-disease-in-women/feed/ 0 Hispanic women in the US http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 12:55:40 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/ The Pew Hispanic Center has released a new fact sheet, Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007, containing statistics from the Current Population Survey and American Community Survey.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/feed/ 0 POPLINE restores abortion as search term http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/04/09/popline-restores-abortion-as-search-term/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/04/09/popline-restores-abortion-as-search-term/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:07:36 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/04/09/popline-restores-abortion-as-search-term/ For a brief period, anyone who searched POPLINE using the search term “abortion” would get 0 results. Inquiries by concerned librarians revealed that POPLINE administrators at Johns Hopkins had made “abortion” a stop word after USAID, the reproductive health database’s funder, expressed concern about a few articles in the database. “Abortion” was quickly restored as a search term after numerous complaints.

For more, see articles at NPR and the Baltimore Sun.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/04/09/popline-restores-abortion-as-search-term/feed/ 0 US abortions decline http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/04/us-abortions-decline/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/04/us-abortions-decline/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:16:39 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/04/us-abortions-decline/ The number of abortions performed in the US has fallen to the lowest number since 1976, according to statistics from the Guttmacher Institute (Washington Post). A report by Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher Institute is scheduled to appear in the March issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, and a news release with a link to the study is available on the Guttmacher Web site.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/04/us-abortions-decline/feed/ 0 UN reports finds Vietnamese prefer sons http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/11/01/un-reports-finds-vietnamese-prefer-sons/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/11/01/un-reports-finds-vietnamese-prefer-sons/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:11:09 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/11/01/un-reports-finds-vietnamese-prefer-sons/ Vietnamese families prefer boys over girls, and the sex ratio at birth is 110 boys for every 100 girls, according to a new UN report (AP). This imbalance could lead to increased violence against women, trafficking, and a “marriage squeeze” in a region where brides are already scarce, the report says.

Citation: Sex-Ratio Imbalance in Asia: Trends, Consequences and Policy Responses (2007). UNFPA.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/11/01/un-reports-finds-vietnamese-prefer-sons/feed/ 0 Women and Social Security http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/08/03/women-and-social-security/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/08/03/women-and-social-security/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:22:49 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/08/03/women-and-social-security/ Social Security provides benefits on a gender-neutral basis, but gender-related differences in work culture mean that in practice Social Security provides different levels of retirement security for men and women (Women and Social Security [PDF], American Academy of Actuaries issue brief).

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/08/03/women-and-social-security/feed/ 0 UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2007 http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/30/un-millennium-development-goals-report-2007/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/30/un-millennium-development-goals-report-2007/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:20:01 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/30/un-millennium-development-goals-report-2007/ The UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2007 (PDF) says that, halfway to the 2015 deadline, progress has been made toward the goals but there is still much work to be done.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/30/un-millennium-development-goals-report-2007/feed/ 0 Amnesty International: Zimbabwean women face abuse http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/26/amnesty-international-zimbabwean-women-face-abuse/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/26/amnesty-international-zimbabwean-women-face-abuse/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:58:25 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/26/amnesty-international-zimbabwean-women-face-abuse/ A new Amnesty International report says that Zimbabwean women face abuse as they struggle to pay for food, schooling, and health care for their children in the country’s economic crisis (AP via Centre Daily Times).

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/26/amnesty-international-zimbabwean-women-face-abuse/feed/ 0 New DHS findings: Zimbabwe, postpartum care, HIV http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/16/new-dhs-findings-zimbabwe-postpartum-care-hiv/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/16/new-dhs-findings-zimbabwe-postpartum-care-hiv/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:41:20 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/16/new-dhs-findings-zimbabwe-postpartum-care-hiv/ The 2005/06 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey is the first national survey to use population-based testing to determine HIV prevalence. The survey found that 1 in 6 adults in Zimbabwe has HIV. Other findings include that children’s health is worsening as vaccination rates drop and malnutrition and anemia increase. The final report is available from MEASURE DHS.

Postpartum Care: Levels and Determinants in Developing Countries, another new report from DHS, says that postpartum care is scarce in developing countries.

And in another DHS study, researchers found that women may be responsible for spreading more HIV within marriages than previously suspected (Economist.com).

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/16/new-dhs-findings-zimbabwe-postpartum-care-hiv/feed/ 0 Unmet Need for Contraception in Developing Countries http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/09/unmet-need-for-contraception-in-developing-countries/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/09/unmet-need-for-contraception-in-developing-countries/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:46:40 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/09/unmet-need-for-contraception-in-developing-countries/ According to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute, millions of women in developing countries have an unmet need for contraception and are thus at risk for unintended pregnancy. Progress has been made in many regions, but has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa, according to study authors.

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