Yiva,
Is it possible to get a copy of this publication? Can I get their mailing address?
Many thanks.
Satang
Ylva Hernlund wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:50:24 -0800
> From: Carol McRoberts <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: [WASAN] Fw: [women-csd] new publication on women's status
>
> FYI
> Subject: [women-csd] new publication on women's status
>
> >
> > The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is pleased to announce the
> publication
> > of an updated data sheet that catalogs the status of women in 168
> countries.
> > The data in the Women of Our World 2002 wallchart show that women have
> seen
> > major gains in health, education, and rights over the last half-century,
> but
> > that progress has been uneven. Women in the poorest countries continue to
> be
> > held back by gender inequality that limits their schooling, hinders their
> > ability to plan their pregnancies, and affords them few economic
> > opportunities.
> >
> > The data sheet, released in advance of International Women's Day on March
> 8,
> > contains indicators on reproductive health, including maternal mortality,
> > fertility rates, and HIV/AIDS, as well as demography, education, economic
> > status, and political leadership.
> >
> > Please see the attached press release for more detail on this new data
> > sheet. If you would like to request copies, please contact PRB at
> > [log in to unmask] The data sheet will be available soon online at PRB's
> > website (www.prb.org). For more information, contact Justine Sass (202)
> > 939-5459 or Lori Ashford (202) 939-5402.
> >
> > ************************************
> > Feb. 28, 2002
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> >
> > Contact: Justine Sass [log in to unmask]; Lori Ashford [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > Gender Gaps Hinder Women's Progress in Poorest Countries
> >
> >
> > WASHINGTON-Women have seen major gains in health, education, and rights
> over
> > the last half-century, but they have made greater progress in
> industrialized
> > countries than in developing regions of the world, the Population
> Reference
> > Bureau (PRB) reports.
> >
> > The poorest countries continue to be marked by gender inequality that, for
> > many women, limits their schooling, hinders their ability to plan their
> > pregnancies, and affords them few economic opportunities, according to
> PRB's
> > Women of Our World 2002 data sheet.
> >
> > "Governments around the world increasingly recognize that the advancement
> > of women contributes to greater prosperity for men and women alike," said
> > Lori Ashford, senior policy analyst at PRB, a research organization in
> > Washington, D.C. "As the data sheet shows, most developing nations have
> > considerable work to do in improving women's health and status."
> >
> > The data sheet, released in advance of International Women's Day on March
> 8,
> > catalogs the status of women in 168 countries, with indicators on
> > demography, reproductive health, education, economic status, and political
> > leadership.
> >
> > Among the findings:
> >
> > * Women tend to equal or outnumber men in the population for
> > biological reasons. However, some countries, mainly in Asia, have
> markedly
> > fewer women than men because discrimination against girls and women can
> > result in inferior nutrition and health care and, in some places,
> > sex-selective abortions or infanticide.
> >
> > * Globally, women account for just under half of adults living with
> > HIV/AIDS. But in sub-Saharan Africa, where the virus is spread mostly
> > through heterosexual activity, 55 percent of infected adults are women.
> >
> > * The picture is worse for young women: In sub-Saharan Africa, they
> > are two to six times more likely than young men to become infected with
> HIV.
> > In South and Southeast Asia, 60 percent of young people with HIV/AIDS are
> > female.
> >
> > * Nearly all of the half-million women who die every year from
> > pregnancy-related causes live in developing countries. These deaths are
> > strongly associated with a lack of medical care around the time of
> > childbirth.
> >
> > * Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal death ratios (820
> > maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) in western and southern Asia.
> But
> > the ratios in several sub-Saharan African countries are more than twice as
> > high. Also, Afghanistan's fertility rate of 6 children per woman is the
> > highest in its region, but exceeded by more than a dozen sub-Saharan
> African
> > countries.
> >
> > * Though more than half of couples in the developing world use
> family
> > planning, more than 100 million women in these countries want to plan
> their
> > pregnancies but don't use contraception for various reasons, including
> fear
> > of side effects, their husband's disapproval, family pressures to have
> more
> > children, and inaccessibility of contraceptive supplies.
> >
> > * School enrollments for girls and boys increased during the 1990s
> in
> > most regions of the world. However, at the secondary school level, the
> gap
> > remains wide in western and southern Asia, North Africa, and much of
> > sub-Saharan Africa. In these regions, girls are more likely than boys to
> > discontinue schooling for a variety of reasons, including household
> duties,
> > marriage, childbearing, and parents' perception that education benefits
> boys
> > more than girls.
> >
> > * Women's participation in the labor force has increased in most
> areas
> > of the world, but typically they are paid less than men, even when they
> work
> > in the same sector.
> >
> > * In industrialized as well as developing countries, women's
> political
> > representation has lagged behind gains in other areas. Globally, women
> held
> > 14 percent of seats in national legislative bodies, only slightly higher
> > than a decade earlier. Women's lack of political representation hinders
> > their ability to influence public policies.
> >
> > The data sheet is available as a wall chart and will soon be accessible
> > through PRB's website, www.prb.org. Single copies are free to writers and
> > members of the news media. For copies, call 202-483-1100.
> >
> > The Population Reference Bureau is the leader in providing timely and
> > objective information on U.S. and international population trends and
> their
> > implications. PRB is a nonprofit, nonadvocacy organization in Washington,
> > DC.
> >
> > Please visit the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) web site at
> > http://www.measurecommunication.org/.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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