The Ibu Eze ceremony honors and celebrates Nigerian women who have given birth to nine children. The deeply rooted traditional ceremony bri ngs tangible rewards to the honored woman's family and is perhaps the only recognition a rural woman will receive for her lifetime of labor. Both publications are updated annually. The profiled organizations are based in member n ations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD membership includes Australia, the United States, Japan, Canada, and most European nations.
Numerous organizations publish journals and magazines on population issues.
UN Economic Commission for Africa, Population Division, P.O. Box 3001, Addis Abada, Ethiopia. Canadian Studies in Population. University of Alberta, Dept. of Sociology, Population Research Laboratory, Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2H4. A Service for Mass Media. Population and Development Review.