/channels/taxonomy/term/12433/all en /channels/channels/news/child-marriage-legal-and-persists-across-canada-327554 <p>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 <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padr.12369">new study</a> from researchers at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.</p> Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:58:30 +0000 webfull 166745 at /channels /channels/channels/news/cnn-cost-child-care-around-world-286828 <p>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 <strong>Shelley Clark</strong>, a demographer and professor of sociology at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº in Canada, who has studied child care and other family dynamics.</p> <p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/25/health/child-care-parenting-explainer-intl/index.html">Read more</a></p> Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:18:26 +0000 webfull 137571 at /channels /channels/news/world-aids-day-2015-mcgillmuhc-experts-257016 <p>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).</p> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:56:52 +0000 webfull 114275 at /channels /channels/news/divorce-decline-sub-saharan-africa-257332 <p><span>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 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers finds that divorce rates across 20 African countries over the past 20 years have remained stable or declined.</span></p> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:52:38 +0000 webfull 114635 at /channels /channels/news/child-marriage-remains-widespread-many-countries-sub-saharan-africa-267005 <p> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:03:24 +0000 webfull 126257 at /channels