Senior representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dianne Stewart, was among four panelists in Ottawa launching the 2014 State of World Population report. The 2014 theme addresses the power of 1.8 billion adolescents and youth worldwide to affect change. The population of young people is 1.8 billion worldwide, and is growing fastest in the world’s developing … Read more
According to a report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Every year 18 million adolescent girls give birth in developing countries – 90 per cent of them are married. In developing countries, complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19. The persistence of these problems calls for … Read more
Planning the number and timing of one’s children is largely taken for granted by the millions of people who have the means and power to do so. Yet a large proportion of the world’s people do not enjoy the right to choose when and how many children to have because they have no access to … Read more
