| People - Population |
| Gender and development: Why do we still have problems in population programmes after all these years? |
| The note looks at some of the current difficulties to address gender in development interventions and policy formulation and suggests a few operational lines of action. The task ahead is not a simple one, but it is nonetheless not insurmountable: collective work is needed at both conceptual and operational levels, integrated across sectors and institutions. As this effort proceeds, the present wor... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/WPan0047.htm |
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| People - Population |
| Gender and sustainability: Re-assessing linkages and issues |
| This paper deals with the relationship between gender and sustainability. For present purposes, sustainability is defined as the ability of humankind to live within the limitations of the physical environment, now and indefinitely into the future. The main question asked here is: In what ways do gender relations affect sustainability? |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/WPan0020.htm |
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| People - Population |
| Rural dimensions of gender-population concerns |
| This paper argues for a holistic approach to sustainable development through integrating rural concerns into overall development strategies and plans. It highlights some gender-population issues that impinge on rural people especially women: early age at marriage, less education, higher mortality and greater burdens of family maintenance and health care, etc. It draws attention to the costs of ign... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/WPan0014.htm |
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| People - Population |
| TSS thematic workshop on male Involvement in sexual and reproductive health programmes and services |
| The idea of involving men in the traditionally female-oriented reproductive health programmes is not new. However, relatively few activities have been actually carried out in this domain in spite of the importance of these to advance towards gender equality and to improve both men's and women's reproductive health. The workshop reported in this document focused on the operational as well as concep... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpre0123.htm |
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| People - Population |
| Population, poverty and vulnerability: Mitigating the effects of natural disasters |
| Mitch is considered to be the most powerful hurricane to have hit Central America and the Caribbean in the last two centuries, and one of the most destructive natural disasters of recent times. This paper analyses the relationship between demographic dynamics and Hurricane Mitch, and extracts from this experience lessons that can help reduce vulnerability in the long run. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpan0042.htm |
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| People - Population |
| Expert Group Meeting on Food Production and Population Growth |
| The meeting on Food Production and Population Growth, held in Rome in 1996 and organised by FAO and UNFPA, discussed and elaborated issues raised in two background papers on "Food Requirements and Population Growth" and "Population Pressure and the Food Supply System in the Developing World". It also proposed amendments to a policy statement "Towards Universal Food Security" to strengthen its trea... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/wpre0019.htm |
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