The World's Abortion Laws

This report published by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) presents the impacts of armed conflict on children worldwide and documents the grave violations committed against children over time. The report presents steps the global community has taken to protect children in situations of armed conflict and illustrates how engagement with state and non-state actors can better protect children. The report includes country-specific examples of policy measures enacted to prevent violations against children and urges…

This Lancet Series provides analysis and insight into the impact of gender inequalities and norms on health, as well as the opportunities that exist within health systems, programs, policies, and research to transform those norms and inequalities. It aims to inform the global health community on how to recognize restrictive gender inequalities and their intersections with other social inequalities—including those related to age, race and ethnicity, religion, and socioeconomic status—and how to better incorporate transformed…

This report published by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) describes and explains relationships among contraceptive use and demographic outcomes. In addition to a deeper understanding of the population dynamics surrounding this issue, the short report helps readers understand why programs that extend contraception to populations may succeed or fail. The report summarizes the ways in which changes in fertility relate to changes in mortality, as well as the implications that a low birth rate has…