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1. Desk review of programmes for most at risk young people in six Pacific countries - Cook Islands, FSM, Marshall Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Samoa

   Across the Pacific region, youth population between 10-25 years of age represents about 56% of the pacific population of 9.5 million, with 37% under the age of 14 years. The region’s median age is 21 years. UNICEF, UNFPA and SPC jointly support 10 countries across the Pacific to deliver programs targeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of young people. A 2007 Review of the Adolescent Health and Development (AHD) Program recommended specifically targeting vulnerable, marginalized and most at risk groups of young people. …

2. Addressing gender-based violence from the reproductive health/HIV sector: a literature review and analysis

   This document provides a literature review on programs in developing countries that have addressed or challenged gender-based violence with a link to the reproductive health/HIV sectors. For this review, programs addressing both adult and adolescent populations were eligible for inclusion and an effort was made to identify programs that involved men.

3. Marco jurídico para la prevención del VIH/SIDA con jóvenes en Costa Rica: análisis de la legislación costarricense sobre juventud, VIH/SIDA y migración.

   Documento sobre el marco legal que garantiza los derechos de salud sexual y reproductiva y VIH/sida de los jóvenes en Costa Rica. Se analizan las regulaciones legales sobre juventud, VIH/sida y migración. En base a este análisis se detectan problemas como la ausencia de una política de género, o una perspectiva de derechos humanos en la legislación, además de la situación de precariedad de la población migrante en ese país.

4. Primer debate dentro de la Estrategia Nacional para la Infancia y la Adolescencia 2010-2030 sobre Sustentabilidad demográfica

   Resumen de estudio del demógrafo Juan José Calvo acerca de la situación demográfica en Uruguay dentro del proceso de creación de la Estrategia Nacional para la Infancia y la Adolescencia 2010-2030 (ENIA). Se enuncia el problema del envejecimiento y disminución de la población uruguaya, así como el gran flujo migratorio hacia el extranjero, propone políticas de población activas.

5. Sociocultural factors affecting demographic behavior : and implications for the formulation and execution of population policies and programs

   The report presents the result of a study conducted to trace the dominating sociocultural factors affecting reproductive behaviour of Uzbekistan's population including adolescents and youth.

6. Méthodologies de recherche-action : Projet Migration et SIDA : Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Sénégal

   This report reviews literature on population migration and HIV/AIDS in a selected number of French-speaking countries in West Africa. It points to a higher prevalence rate among some migrants groups. Socio-cultural, economic and behavioral factors (e.g., breakdown of social norms, prostitution, lack of awareness about STDs and AIDS)are discussed as factors contributing to the spread of HIV within migrating populations.