Opportunity Gaps for Pakistani Girls, US Birth Rate Trends, and More

December 1, 2022

Bridging the opportunity gap for girls in rural Pakistan

Of the 20 million children not going to school in Pakistan, 4 out of 5 live in rural parts of the country. Out of those, 60% are girls. In summer 2022, Echidna Global Scholar Hina Saleem visited Sindh—Pakistan’s second-most populated province—to better understand the education needs and aspirations of girls in rural communities.

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How the pandemic affected US birth rates—and what comes next

Speculation about how the COVID-19 pandemic would affect births in the United States began early in March 2020, and data is now available to evaluate what really happened. Melissa Kearney and Phillip Levine highlight five major trends regarding U.S. birthrates.

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Listen: US climate policy progress

“The energy transition doesn’t need to be scary and it brings real benefits to people—all of us.” On the latest episode of Climate Sense, Samantha Gross explores the challenges of implementing climate legislation in America and what recently enacted laws mean for individuals and industries.

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