From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from : <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" color="maroon"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">The State of <u></u><u></u>World<u></u><u></u>
Population 2011 <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" color="maroon"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">People and possibilities in a world of 7 billion <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">Additional
Investments in Youth Needed as World Population Tops 7 Billion, States UNFPA
Report<br>
Tear down barriers to put women and men on equal footing, agency head says….<u></u><u></u></span></font></i></p>
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UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, October 2011</span></font></b><b><i><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">English PDF [132p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/sTVYZ2" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/sTVYZ2</span></font></a>
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Spanish: PDF [132p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/vZpN56" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/vZpN56</span></font></a> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“…..world population is
projected to reach 7 billion. How we respond now will determine whether we have
a healthy, sustainable and prosperous future or one that is marked by
inequalities, environmental decline and economic setbacks…<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The milestone of 7 billion is marked
by achievements, setbacks and paradoxes. While women are on average having
fewer children than they were in the 1960s, our numbers continue to rise.
Globally, people are younger—and older— than ever before. In some
of the poorest countries, high fertility rates hamper development and perpetuate
poverty, while in some of the richest countries, low fertility rates and too
few people entering the job market are raising concerns about prospects for
sustained economic growth and about the viability of social security systems. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">While labour shortages threaten to
stymie the economies of some industrialized countries, unemployed would-be
migrants in developing countries are finding more and more national borders closed
to them and the expertise they may have to offer. And while progress is being
made in reducing extreme poverty, gaps between rich and poor are widening almost
everywhere.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The State of World Population 2011 explores
some of these paradoxes from the perspective of individuals and describes the
obstacles they confront—and overcome— in trying to build better
lives for themselves, their families, communities and nations.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Through personal stories, this
report sheds light on the real-life challenges we face in our world of 7
billion…..”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Website: <a href="http://bit.ly/umn1OF" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/umn1OF</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Youth: a new global power reshaping
the world <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Security, economic strength and
independence in old age <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- What influences fertility? <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Decision to move: the power and
impact of migration <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Planning ahead for the growth of
cities <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Sharing and sustaining Earth’s
resources <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- The way ahead: finishing the <u></u><u></u>Cairo<u></u><u></u> agenda <br>
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