9I�� News - shelley clark

Child marriage is legal and persists across Canada

webfull — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:58:30 +0000

Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a new study from researchers at 9I��. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.

Published: 8 January 2021

CNN | The cost of child care around the world

webfull — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:18:26 +0000

Finding the right child care can be a frustrating -- and expensive -- process for parents around the world, from New York to Nairobi. Access to adequate child care for all has become a "global" need, said Shelley Clark, a demographer and professor of sociology at 9I�� in Canada, who has studied child care and other family dynamics.

Published: 25 April 2018

Child marriage remains widespread in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa

webfull — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:03:24 +0000

Published: 13 March 2017

Divorce: on the decline in sub-Saharan Africa

webfull — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:52:38 +0000

With education, employment and income levels all rising for women in sub-Saharan Africa, many observers have speculated that divorce rates would follow suit – as they have in much of the developed world. But a new study by 9I�� researchers finds that divorce rates across 20 African countries over the past 20 years have remained stable or declined.

Published: 16 December 2015

World AIDS Day 2015: 9I��/MUHC experts

webfull — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:56:52 +0000

December 1 is World AIDS Day, reminding us that the fight against the AIDS pandemic is far from over. More than 36 million people have died since it emerged in the early 1980s. Today, 35.3 million people around the world are living with the virus. 73,000 Canadians are currently HIV positive up from 49,000 in 2001, according to statistics from the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CanFAR).

Published: 25 November 2015