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Current topic: Reproductive Tourism: Children, Technology and Migration

• Reproductive ‘tourism’, reproductive ‘exile’ or infertility treatment abroad?
• Reproductive migration and legislation
• Reproductive tourism in the world and selected regions
• Both Americas
• Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania
• Russia and other CIS countries
• The ICMART study
• Some features of European reproductive treatment abroad
• Conclusion
• Glossary

World demographic barometer

Youth of the world: major demographic trends

• Age limits of adolescence and youth are flexible
• The period of rapid growth in the number of young people is coming to an end
• The prevalence of early marriages has declined greatly, although in some developing countries it remains high
• Teenage fertility remains high in several countries despite its decline
• Reproductive behavior of young people is not optimal
• Mortality of adolescents and young adults varies greatly by region

Analytical articles

• "I do not trust doctors, but…" Overcoming mistrust towards reproductive medicine
• Buying competence and attention: the practice of payment during pregnancy and childbirth
• Changes in the social portrait of reproductive clinics patients after the dissemination of quotas for ART
• Reproductive losses as a medical and social problem of Russia’s demographic development

Take care of women!

• 15 million children worldwide are born prematurely
• Adolescent health in Europe and North America is lacking attention

Russian news

• Among the first Putin’s decrees is the decree "On measures to implement the population policy in the Russian Federation"
• Russia’s population will grow by 1.8% by 2020?
• Life expectancy in Russia must reach 75 years by 2018
• Government should ensure a reduction in mortality rates in Russia by 2018
• The main criterion for evaluating the government efficiency is an increase in life expectancy
• Karelia’s population declined by 72000 people in eight years
• Altai villages are depopulating
• There are 10% more women than men in the Vladimir region
• The number of single-parent families in Russia increased to 30% in recent years
• In 2011 most Russian orphans were adopted by citizens of the Russian Federation
• Medvedev assured deputies that the retirement age in Russia would not be raised
• Ministry of Health disagrees with Ministry of Finance on the issue of raising the retirement age
• Government will elaborate the draft of the pension system by October
• Waiving the funded part of pension will deprive people of the future payments
• Ministry of Health is ready to consider the abolition of premature pensions
• Real household income growth in 2012 is projected at 5%
• Only 9% of Russians consider mortgage affordable
• Putin proposed the regions to introduce an additional third child allowance
• Children education payment procedure with maternity capital assistance has been simplified
• The average salary of a high school teacher will amount to 26000 rubles
• Russian doctors and teachers will be sent abroad for qualification upgrade
• State Duma examines a bill simplifying the procedure of obtaining Russian citizenship for children
• The Concept of State Migration Policy until 2025 in Russia approved
• Government prepares a plan for implementing the concept of migration policy
• Medvedev calls for solving the migration problem with regard to the world experience
• Russia will toughen penalties for violations of immigration laws
• Automated foreigners entry/exit control system can be set up within 1-2 years
• Russia became one of the four top countries for migrant workers
• Immigration amnesty project is under preparation in Russia
• Russian Federal Migration Service declares no amnesty for illegal immigrants
• Chinese citizens in Primorye are experiencing problems due to restrictions of labor migration
• Medvedev urged to “act more aggressively and firmly" in socio-cultural adaptation of migrants
• Putin instructed to develop a strategy of nationalities policy before December 2012
• The main threat to the health of Russian citizens is the excessive use of tobacco and alcohol
• Russia not ready to lift the drunk driving ban
• The chief psychiatrist opposes the criminalization of drug use
• More than 50% of new oncological patients have advanced cancer
• Ministry of Health included 24 diseases in the list of rare diseases
• State Duma ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• An excess of beds in Russian hospitals in 2011 was 15%

Eurasian news

• The first operation on artificial insemination carried out in Tajikistan
• During the first 4 months of 2012 the Belarus population declined by 4.6 thousand people
• 927.8 thousand survivors of the Great Patriotic War live in Belarus
• Azerbaijan’s population grew by 29.1 thousand people since the beginning of the year
• The demographic situation is improving in Nagorno-Karabakh
• Ukraine's population will reach 36 million by 2050?
• Moldova’s working-age population will decrease by one-third by 2050
• Ukrainians live 10 years less than Europeans
• Fertility declined in Armenia
• Mortality in Moldova decreased by 10% in 2011
• Turkmenistan is actively preparing for the census
• Ukrainians will have to respond to 27 census questions
• The poverty level in Kyrgyzstan is 34 %
• Georgian Parliament approved the rise of pensions for citizens above 67
• More than 13 million Ukrainians will receive increased pensions from May 1
• Pensions in Belarus will be recalculated from May 1
• Minimum consumer budget increased in Belarus
• Lukashenko called for a rise of salaries for civil servants
• Ukrainian cities with highest salaries are Kiev and Donetsk
• There are twice more jobs than unemployed in Belarus
• More than 200 thousand Moldovans became Romanian citizens over 20 years
• Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia dissatisfied with EU visa policy
• Migration of Ukrainians to Europe will grow?
• Migration outflow from Kyrgyzstan had a slight decrease in 2011
• Kyrgyz government approved a quota for migrant workers
• Tajikistan sending migrant workers to Qatar
• Belarusian doctors go abroad en masse
• Kyrgyz migrants transfer $ 3 billion home annually
• IOM will help organize Centers for retraining of migrant workers in Tajikistan
• 200 "Cargoes 200" delivered to Kyrgyzstan in 2011
• Kazakh men become victims of traffickers more often than women
• 460 HIV-infected registered in Belarus in January-April
• Uzbekistan joined the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Armenia ranks 4th in the global ranking of "vicious people"
• Infant mortality in Armenia decreased by 2 times
• 17000 people in Kazakhstan die from cancer annually
• More than 1.5 thousand drug-assisted abortions conducted in Belarus
• Uzbekistan denies data on female sterilization
• The World Bank has allocated $ 12 million to Tajikistan for improving access to drinking water
• Lukashenko not ready to impose a moratorium on death penalty

World news

• Population growth will lead to mass extinction in the future?
• Percentage of young people in Estonia declines steadily
• Japan may be excluded from the list of rich countries by 2050
• UN World Food Programme aims to help 500000 Syrians
• Estonia tops EU anti-rating in terms of difference in wages between men and women
• The official unemployment in Estonia declined to 7.4%
• U.S. unemployment declined, but the pace of job creation slowed
• President of Latvia opposes the empowerment of local non-citizens
• Mastering the state language will facilitate obtaining Latvian citizenship
• Net migration from Mexico to the U.S. dropped to zero
• The number of immigrants in Brazil doubled in 10 years
• Switzerland will restrict entry for migrant workers from recent EU member countries
• France will deport 40000 illegal immigrants before the end of the year
• Camps for illegal immigrants created in Greece
• Sudan expels migrants and international organizations
• The Arab Spring caused hundreds of thousands of refugees
• The Balkan countries collected 300 million Euros for refugees from former Yugoslavia
• UN criticize Hungarian authorities for brutal treatment of refugees
• Muslim woman in the U.S. will receive $5 million in workplace discrimination case
• World's highest death rates from smoking are in Europe
• Every minute on Earth one child dies from malaria
• WHO expects to eradicate measles completely by 2020
• Every sixth cancer case in the world is related to a curable infection
• 15 million children worldwide are born prematurely
• Contraceptive pills could be offered to 13-year-old girls in the UK
• Nearly 60 people died from swine flu in India this year
• Ghana started vaccinating children from the most dangerous diseases
• Every fourth working-age American has no health insurance
• Barack Obama became the first U.S. president supporting the legalization of same-sex marriages

Newspapers write about ...

• "Novaya Gazeta" about the decrees related to demographic, ethnic and health policies
• "Gazeta.ru" and RIA "Novosti" about the pension reform
• "Izvestiya" about the proposal to raise the retirement age in the UK
• "Np.kz" about a way to solve the pension problem in Kazakhstan
• "Megapolis-Kazakhstan" about gender equality in the pension issue
• "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" about the problem of aging in China
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" and "Ekonomicheskie Izvestiya" about the problems of overpopulation
• "Moskovskiy Komsomolets" about mortgage and demography
• "Azerizv.az" about the demographic situation in Azerbaijan
• "Paruskg.info" about the change in the ethnic composition of Kazakhstan’s population
• "Slon.ru" about demographic problems of China
• "RBC" about gender disparities
• "Novaya Gazeta" about military casualties
• "Gazeta.ru" and "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" about the concept of migration policy in Russia
• "Rosbalt" about the Russian language for migrant workers
• "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" about immigration amnesty
• "Zautra.by" about the outflow of skilled workers from Belarus
• "News.tj" about labor migration of Tajikistan’s population
• "Svpressa.ru" about the abandoned children of migrants from Central Asia
• "Vesti Segodnya" about Swiss immigration quotas for some EU countries
• "REGNUM" about emigration from Latvia
• "Gazeta.ru" about discrimination against Muslims in Europe
• "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" about life expectancy of Russians
• "Ogonek" about the Finnish way of life prolongation
• "Vedomosti" about the dangers of smoking
• "Zerkalo Nedeli" about churches and abortions
• "Kasjauns.lv" about abortions in Latvia
• "Uzreport.com" about contraception in Uzbekistan
• "Bbc.co.uk/russian" about marriages by photo in Tajikistan
• "Radio Ozodi" about the situation of women in Tajikistan
• "Profile" about the possible revival of villages
• "Novaya Gazeta" about Russia’s rural and urban population
• "Ogonek" about growing cities
• "Comments.ua" about rating of Ukrainian cities
• "RG-Moscow" about the future studies of Moscow’s population
• "Gazeta.ru" about human evolution
• "Russkiy Reporter" about future singularity

Recent publications

• The Swedish Experiment in Family Politics: The Myrdals and the Interwar Population Crisis
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• Population Economics. Research projects of Masters students
• Does Russia need a policy on internal migration
• Through the pages of magazines "Social aspects of public health" and "Therapeutic archive"
• Demography in "Chemistry and Life"
• Contents of "Population & Sociétés"

New in the Reading Room

• New Presidential Decrees on Russia’s demographic development

Refresh your memory!

• 1969. Return of motherhood. "Literaturnaya Gazeta" about new reproductive technologies

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• The most reading DW visitors abroad are in Syria
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• The most reading DW visitor from Russia is in Vyshny Volochyok
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