Birth control pangs

Injectable contraceptives raise alarm

Third World women want smaller families

UNFPA to bow out

China

SOUTH AFRICA

Family without mother

Protest>> Family Planning • Iran

Women to the fore

The International Conference on Population and Development is doing more than just providing lip service to the cause of women

Religious planning

Shot to birth

A recently-developed Indian birth control vaccine is being debated to death

Lifting the barriers

Reproductive choice, gender equality and sustainable development are closely connected, say the latest report on the world's population

CHINA

Showing the way

In the past 15 years, Mexico has halved its birth rate

UNITED NATIONS

UN food agency launches digital platform on family farming

The move will allow governments to build stronger policies in favour of family farmers across the world

World Population Day: call to end India's target-based approach to family planning

Two-child norm is endangering women's lives and skewing sex-ratio, say activists

Thirteen women die after undergoing sterilisation at government camp in Chhattisgarh

Locals claim negligence as doctors rushed to meet targets

HEALTHY POLICY

AIDS bill put on fast track

Non profits object to provisions in the changed draft

AFRICA

Chhattisgarh tribals to get sterilisation facilities after 30 years

Planning Commission asks state to ensure no discrimination

‘Dual contraception is a must to avert HIV infection’

Hormonal contraceptives, promoted in developed nations, put health at risk, says a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Sonal …

DD social service ads preach, but rarely convert

How does public interest advertising work on Doordarshan? Even more to the point, does it work at all?

FOLLOW UP

Terminated abruptly

Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …

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