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Nearly 2,000 African communities end female genital mutilation:UN
A new United Nations report shows that almost 2,000 communities across Africa abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) last year, prompting calls for a renewed global push to end this harmful practice once and for all.According to the report, issued by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the total number of communities renouncing FGM/C has now reached 8,000

Japan population to shrink by one-third by 2060

Japan's population of 128 million will shrink by one-third and seniors will account for 40 percent of people by 2060, placing a greater burden on a smaller working-age population to support the

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UN and Intel unveil initiatives on technology-based training for midwives
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the computing company Intel on Monday unveiled a joint effort to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology, in a bid to reduce the number of pregnancy and childbirth-related deaths across the world.

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Japan's population to shrink about 30 percent by 2060

Tokyo: Japan's population is expected to dwindle by around 30 percent to 86.74 million by 2060 if the birthrate does not increase, according to an estimate released Monday by authorities. Japan is

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Breather for Aadhaar

The government’s decision to geographically split India between two contending registry projects — the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the National Population

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Unique identity for 400 mn more Indians

Authority to work in tandem with population register. The Cabinet on Friday extended the mandate of the unique identification project to cover another 400 million people by June 2013. Until now, the

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