Population Headliners

• Commission for Social Development concludes with consensus adoption of resolutions on youth, older persons

• Record number of countries contribute record amount to UNFPA

• International Institute for Population Sciences celebrates 50th anniversary

• World’s most senior demographer passes away at age 97

• Ban Ki-Moon mourns death of former adviser on gender issues

• People in the headlines

• Half of world’s pregnant women lack access to skilled care at childbirth

• Asia-Pacific continues to age

• UNESCAP highlights urgency of pension solution for Asia’s elderly poor

• Birth rates “must be curbed to win war on global poverty”

• New release

• Increase in medical FGM

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