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- Gender dimensions of population and development in South-East Asia (Asian Population Studies Series No. 150)
- The South Asia Conference on Adolescents
- The demographic impact of HIV/AIDS. Report on the Technical Meeting
- World population prospects. The 1998 revision. Volume I: comprehensive tables
- World population prospects. The 1998 revision. Volume II: the sex and age distribution of the world population
by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, New York, 1999, 134 pages.
The present study examines the gender dimensions of population and development with a particular focus on the current role of women in development, and the issues and concerns that confront them and warrant future action towards improving the situation of women. The issues discussed in the study, despite being common in nature, vary among countries, cultures and ethnic groups, and affect men and women differently. In this context, it is important to identify the behavioural attitudes and practices conditioned by the social construction of gender roles in different societies and to take them into account in future policies and programmes.
This study covers five countries in South-East Asia, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, which have exhibited rapid economic growth and structural transformation during the past two decades. The socio-economic changes in these countries have provided significant opportunities for utilizing the potential and energy of the young population, women in particular, who have not only contributed to but also substantially benefited from the overall national development programmes. For example, a high rate of economic growth has provided greater options for many young women to benefit fully from educational and employment opportunities, particularly in industry, thus providing a measure of autonomy and gender equity, which eventually has affected their reproductive choices and goals.
Given that the demographic transition is well under way in all of these countries, it is of interest to examine these changes from a women-in-development perspective.
The South Asia Conference on Adolescents
by United Nations Population Fund, Kathmandu, 1999, 69 pages.
The report of the South Asia Conference on Adolescents, held at New Delhi, 21-23 July 1998, contains three thematic papers on (a) responsible sexual and reproductive health behaviour of adolescents, (b) literacy and education of adolescents and (c) exploitation of, and violence against, adolescents. Country papers provide an assessment of the country-specific situation of adolescents their needs and concerns related to sexual and reproductive health, violence and education and review the programme of action adopted by each country to address these concerns. The thematic papers, prepared by specialists, provided a critical analysis of the issues related to the sexual and reproductive health attitudes and behaviour of the adolescents; access to education, and the future trends and directions of education; and exploitation of and violence against adolescents from a regional perspective. The thematic papers also assess the implications of these issues for formulating and implementing policies and programmes for adolescents.
The demographic impact of HIV/AIDS. Report on the Technical Meeting
The demographic impact of HIV/AIDS. Report on the Technical Meeting
The Technical Meeting on the Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS was held to discuss current approaches and future research needs for estimating the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS. AIDS has become one of the factors affecting the progress of countries in reducing child mortality and increasing life expectancy. In addition to increasing mortality, AIDS can also affect demographic change by reducing the fertility of women who are infected with HIV and influencing age at marriage, sexual behaviour and contraceptive use. One purpose of this Technical Meeting was to review the results, methodology, data and assumptions concerning world population estimates and projections. A second purpose was to review existing knowledge on factors related to the demographic impact of AIDS and to make recommendations on parameter values, approaches to sharing information and future research needs in order to improve future estimates and projections.
World population prospects. The 1998 revision. Volume I: comprehensive tables
by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, United Nations, New York, 1999, 620 pages.
This volume presents comprehensive tables from the United Nations 1998 Revision of the official United Nations world population estimates and projections. The comprehensive tables are part of a three-volume set; the other volumes provide data on the sex and age distribution of the populations of all countries of the world, and a description of the results, methods and sources.
by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, United Nations, New York, 1999, 883 pages.
This volume presents estimated sex and age distributions for the period 1950-1995 and projected figures, according to medium-, high- and low-fertility variants for the period 2000-2050. Data are presented for countries with a population of at least 150,000 in 1995. The data for smaller countries are included in the regional population totals but are not presented separately. This report supplements the volume entitled World population prospects: The 1998 revision, Volume I: comprehensive tables, which presents a summary of the major demographic findings and the major demographic indicators for the world, regions and countries.