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South Asian countries must toughen their laws to protect children, UNICEF says
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on South Asian governments to strengthen their laws to tackle child trafficking, a neglected form of the wider scourge of human trafficking.
Three more girls kidnapped in Haiti, UN mission reports
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Three more young girls have been kidnapped in Haiti over the past week, the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the impoverished Caribbean country reports, amid mounting UN concern about the continuing spate of child abductions.
Nepal: UN official calls for release of children in Maoist cantonments
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
A senior United Nations official today called on Nepal's authorities and the country's Maoist forces to immediately free nearly 3,000 children who have still not been formally released from the Maoist cantonments, despite the end of the armed conflict in the Asian nation.
UN-backed gathering tackles gender equality in Africa
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
A joint United Nations and African Union (AU) gathering to address gender equality and the advancement of women on the continent kicked off today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Efforts to curb child exploitation must be stepped up, says UN-backed group
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Further measures are necessary to curb child exploitation across East Asia and the Pacific, despite the recent positive steps taken to tackle the issue in the region, a United Nations-backed gathering said today.
Haiti: UN mission alarmed as another child kidnapping victim is killed
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti have voiced alarm at the continuing spate of kidnappings of children in the impoverished country, days after abductors killed a boy apparently because his family could not pay the ransom.

Census Bureau Population Estimates: PopClocks

US Population Estimate: 305,004,404 at 17:19 GMT (EST+5) Aug 29, 2008

World Population Estimate: 6,720,041,950 at 17:19 GMT (EST+5) Aug 29, 2008

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Center for Demographic Research - A non-profit research center providing on population, housing and employment plus GIS mapping services and a range of publications.

CIESIN Dataset Guide - Georeferenced Population Data Sets for various countries

City Population - Principal cities and agglomerations of the world and of many countries (tables and maps).
Meta Description: [ City Population: the principal cities and agglomerations of the world and of many countries (tables and maps). ]

404 Demography and Population Studies WWW Virtual Library - Organized collection of Internet links.

Development Education Program, World Bank Group - Teaching and learning materials on social, economic, and environmental issues of sustainable development, including extensive information on interpreting demographic data.

H-Demog: Historical Demography - H-Net discussion group dedicated to research, teaching, and historiography. Features subject overview, archives, reports, affiliations, links to related lists and resources, and subscription details. Includes interactive demographic data viewer.

Integrated Population, Land Use, and Emissions Data Project (CIESIN) - Linking georeferenced demographic and socioeconomic data with remote sensing data on land cover and use. Site offers access to several significant population-related and geographic databases.

Life courses in context - A collaboration based on 19th and 20th century Dutch population registers and censuses to provide demograpic information.

National Statistics Offices - Index to national statistics offices worldwide.

People Facts - Vital population statistics for countries presented in a sortable display.
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PopClocks: U.S. and World Population Clocks - Population estimates from the US Census Bureau, updated continuously.

Population Review - A journal of demography and population studies focusing on both the developing and developed world.

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