Celebrating the 15 years of the last major UN conference on the Equality of Men and Women, this article analyzes the reasons why there is still a structural asymmetry in human development outcomes of
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Considering that 1995, with the celebration of the IV Conference on Women, organized by the United Nations and with the Beijing Platform for Action adopted by the Conference, represents a moment of
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In the 2001-2008 period Portugal experienced a continuous growth of the population, at a weak and decreasing rate. This growth results almost exclusively of the net migration, since the natural
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At a time of continual changes and new social economic demands, severalimportant sectors became vulnerable. At the level of the labour market the increased need for higher levels of productivity and
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After recalling that maternal and paternal fertility, and in particular the first birth, are occurring later and later in life in all developed countries, the paper examines the relation between
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This research about fertility postponement in Portugal, between 1980 and 2006, is based in a birth order perspective. The birth order analysis reveals a larger fertility postponement in the specific
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The Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo, presented a new approach on population and development issues as well as in the of human rights
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This study promotes a dynamic, inclusive approach of health determinants in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, integrating distinct levels of determinants (individual and contextual ones), which act
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Two key messages from Cairo on international migration particularly important for the Portuguese delegation – human rights of all migrants and the right to family reunification – are the
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Since the late 1990s, several studies addressed the future of the European population and the role that international migration can play in offsetting population decline and slowing down ageing.
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