Population Dynamics and Urbanization (PDU) Posted on 09/12/2019 (13/06/2024) by William Mawia RESEARCH RESEARCH // WHAT WE DO // Population Dynamics and Urbanization (PDU) Population Dynamics and Urbanization (PDU) Focuses on the generation of evidence on urbanization and development; environment and sustainability; aging and development, as well as determinants of fertility. OVERVIEW Our efforts in these areas consolidate and expand research to understand the implications of major population trends in Africa, interactions with the environment, and climate change while examining their implications for development and sustainability. Aging and Development: Understands the dynamics of population aging in Africa and its implications for well-being; life-course trajectories and transitions to long-term care; access to care; adaptations to societal changes; and approaches for developing social and economic systems in Africa that are age-friendly and ensure the well-being of older people. Urbanization and Sustainability: Clarifies the role of slums as a feature of Africa’s rapid urbanization. Our goal is to develop health and well-being systems that help to respond to the unique aspects of slum life that go beyond urban poverty. Fertility: Focuses on understanding the determinants of fertility trends in Africa, including why fertility has consistently remained high in some contexts, the stalling of fertility decline, and rapid decline among specific population sub-groups. Related Projects ONGOING PROJECT 2018 The gendered socialization of very young adolescents in schools and sexual and reproductive health ONGOING PROJECT Global Early Adolescent Study ONGOING PROJECT 2019 – 2020 Evaluation of in their hands program ONGOING PROJECT 2018 – 2022 Challenging the politics of social exclusion (CPSE) ONGOING PROJECT 2023 – 2024 Catalyze – Mental Health: Evidence on catalysts of change for youth mental health in Africa ONGOING PROJECT 2019 – 2019 Assessing an effective model of care for survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Dadaab, Kenya ONGOING PROJECT 2017 Africa’s LGBT communities and the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals to “Leave No One Behind” The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched in late 2015 provide clear guidelines and targets for addressing the root causes of poverty and uniting the world in pursuit of positive change for both people and planet. Strongly grounded in international human rights standards, the SDGs aim for an inclusive world and put economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights and the right to development at the core of social progress. PROJECT ONGOING PROJECT 2021 – 2024 Action to empower adolescent mothers in Burkina Faso and Malawi to improve their sexual and reproductive health (PROMOTE)