Data 101 Tutorials on the American Community Survey

In this video tutorial series, PRB introduces data users to the American Community Survey and provides key information about how to access and use ACS data.

On February 28 the PACE—Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health—Project hosted an Africa population, health, and environment (PHE) webinar in French, titled “Africa PHE Project Updates for the Francophone Community.” The webinar included guest speakers fro…

The videos aim to expand understanding of key data issues in FGM/C research, including the importance of looking beyond national prevalence to identify hotspots or areas within a country where FGM/C is widely practiced, analyzing change over time by comparing older and younger cohorts rather than c…

As Kenya faces drought and recurring food insecurity, building resilience among the nation’s vulnerable populations is more important than ever before. Resilience means how well and how quickly people, their families, communities, and the country can respond to, adapt to, and recover from shocks and…

In response to the need for action on adolescent and youth issues in Kenya, PRB partnered with Centre for the Study of Adolescence (CSA) to develop a new multimedia product on young people and the demographic dividend.

PRB collaborated with Advance Family Planning and Pathfinder International to develop a multimedia video outlining how family planning shapes women’s empowerment and community well-being. The video can be used as a tool for corporate social responsibility (CSR) managers to advocate for corporate boa…

As part of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has been supporting the Young Ambassadors for family planning from the nine member states of the Ouagadougou Partnership (OP). Launched in 2011, the OP focuses on meeting unmet family planning n…

Mark Mather, associate vice president in U.S. Programs at PRB, wrote “Break It Down (The Pop Song)” to explain demography basics to younger audiences. Watch it and follow Mark’s advice to “sing along.”

In Egypt, one in six girls marry before their 18th birthday. Child marriage is a violation of human rights and can cause a lifetime of consequences for girls and their families. To address the problem, government agencies and civil society must do more to change this practice.

A multimedia presentation about the current global nutrition situation, the state of progress in achieving the World Health Assembly’s nutrition targets, and the challenges ahead.

Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs, associate vice president of International Programs and program director of Gender, explains the meaning of women's empowerment and why it matters for global development.

During the first week of August, the Population Reference Bureau joins the international community in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week. In Kenya, breastfeeding has dramatically improved over the last decade, from 13 percent to almost two-thirds of infants under 6 months exclusively breastfeeding…