Population

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Aging

A girl wears a monkey king headwear as she sits on an adult's shouulders above a large crowd at a festival fair during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Qingdao.

Eight Billion and Counting

by Haley Comfort, Stefanie Watson

The world's population is on the verge of hitting eight billion people, and advances in health are behind the increase

Gender

A mother kisses her child as she walks past graffiti in Mumbai on March 27, 2014. The image is striking with a large, artistic image behind a woman who is walking and holding a child. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Human Development is the Best Contraceptive—Why India Does Not Need a Two-Child Norm

by Poonam Muttreja

Key to harnessing potential of India is enhancing capabilities of young people and expanding freedoms of girls and women