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3. Challenges & opportunities

Syllabus Link:Population possibilities and power over the

​                                         decision-making process 

Population Challenges

 
  Visuals: Defusing the demographic time bomb
​  Article: Can Niger break out of its cycle of poverty?

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Population Change Management Policies

  
  Article: The tiny pill that changed the world

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Ageing societies

   
​    Interesting facts: Facts & figures on ageing populations

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What is Fujiundiyama's problem? from adorngeo

Japan - Case study of an ageing population

     
​     Activity Sheet: Japan's ageing population problem
​     Reading: Japan's demographic time bomb
     Reading: This is death to the family - Japans ageing crisis
     Reading: Japan expected to shed 30% of population
     Reading: Japanese doctors propose raising retirement to 75 years of age

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Population policies

Population policies from Steven Heath

     Pro natalist

Activity: Making babies true or false
​Article: 10 Countries that want people to have more sex
Article: How 4 other countries are trying to get people to have more sex

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   Homework: Pro-natalist population policies

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Population policy in singapore from Siti Muti'ah Ali Umar

 
   Bitesize geography: Population policy in Singapore
​   Article: Singapore aims to lift birth rate
   Article: Smart population policy holds key to Singapore's growth
​   Briefing paper: Have 3 or more if you can afford it

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Anti natalist

China's One Child Policy

   Article: One child policy in China
   Article: China's one child policy - a success or a failure?
   Article: China considers relaxing one child policy
   Activity: 6 Hats thinking on China's one child policy
   Slides: 2018 One Child Policy 6 Hats Summary

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Gender equality policies

Global gender gap index rankings 2016

Rwanda: A case study of a gender equity policy

  
   Activity Sheet: Rwanda Gender Equity Case Study
​   Summary: Delivering as one on gender in Rwanda
   Report: Gender Equality Strategy for Rwanda

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Anti Human-trafficking policies

   
  Current events on human trafficking

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   Video: Why are there so many slaves?
   Interactive map: Which countries have the worst record for human trafficking? 
   Report: Trafficking in persons report 2017
   Interactive: How many slaves work for you?

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Thailand: case study of human trafficking

   Report: What is trafficking in persons?
​   Doc: The 3Ps of trafficking
   Policy: Thailand policy on human trafficking

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The Demographic Dividend

    
​    Article: The demographic dividend
    Fact Sheet: The demographic dividend
    Visualization: The 4 Dividends
​    PDF Article: The challenges of achieving the demographic dividend

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The demographic dividend from adorngeo

   Thailand Tie-in
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         Publication: ​Future impact of demographic change in Thailand
          Briefing: The state of Thailand's population in 2015

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​   Article: South Korea's inequality paradox - Long lives but poverty

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