http://info.pop.psu.edu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:38:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/11/10/aids-is-leading-cause-of-death-and-disease-in-women/ 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/ 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. ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/04/09/popline-restores-abortion-as-search-term/ 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, ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/04/us-abortions-decline/ 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 ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/11/01/un-reports-finds-vietnamese-prefer-sons/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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 ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/16/new-dhs-findings-zimbabwe-postpartum-care-hiv/ 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. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/09/unmet-need-for-contraception-in-developing-countries/