This Briefing Kit presents a series of documented and illustrated papers that examine such key topics as: Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health and Family Planning; Population, Development and the Empowerment of Women; Population and Sustainable Development; Population Trends: The Numbers and Beyond; Demographic Trends by Region; People on the Move: Migration and Urbanization; Information, Education and Communication: Knowledge That Empowers; Breaking the Data Barrier: A Priority for Research; Population Programmes: Challenges for the 21st Century; and The Family.