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De nos jours, la mortalité aux grands âges suscite un intérêt croissant, non seulement parce que sa baisse spectaculaire constitue l'un des aspects les plus marquants de l'évolution de la mortalité depuis les années 1960, mais aussi parce que c'est ...

Though humans have sought to control their fertility since ancient times, often using crude and largely ineffective techniques (iron filings, amulets, coitus interruptus, etc.), the arrival of the pill and the intra-uterine device in the 1970s brought a radical change ...

La famille a toujours constitué un repère stable pour l'enfant, son point d'ancrage avant l'aventure de la vie adulte, mais elle n'a jamais été à l'abri de soubresauts. Autrefois, la mort frappait souvent les parents et les transitions familiales étaient ...

Beyond the biological differences characterizing each sex, the inequalities of status between men and women and the relations between them are a social construct expressed by the concept of “gender“. Each societystructures its own gender system, i.e. a set of ...

With swelling ranks of medical practitioners and spiralling healthcare demand, the western world is becoming increasingly medicalized. This trend is especially pronounced in the field of reproductive health, where medical techniques and treatments are providing a means to "control" reproductive ...

L'arabe et le berbère font partie des dix langues issues de l'immigration les plus parlées en France aujourd'hui. Qu'en est-il de leur transmission ? Pourquoi et comment transmet-on l'arabe, le berbère ou parfois uniquement le français ? Quel type de ...

A captivating and mythical city, widely celebrated in art and literature, Marrakech casts a powerful spell upon visitors from across the world and upon its own inhabitants. No-one more than the Marrakchis themselves understands the magic ...

Chinese baby girls who have the misfortune to be born instead of a long-awaited son go by various names, such as Pandi (literally "awaiting a son"), Laidi ("a son will follow"), or Yehao ("she’ll do too")... In China, despite ...

With 79 million inhabitants, Egypt is one of the most populated Arab countries. The majority of its inhabitants live in the Nile delta, and this region has one of the world’s highest population densities. While the problem of over-population has been ...