Calling the ban an ill-thought decision that might lead to the rise of teenage pregnancies, HIV, and STIs, CSE practitioner Tanushree hopes that the decision would be challenged in court by the progressive community of...
A seductive tale of love, marriage, desire, promiscuity, quirks of fate and submission, emblazoned with complicated family history.
As per an NGO report, the demand grew when the pandemic struck and services halted and reaching the Primary Health Centres for contraceptives became difficult for people in the rural area
He was responding to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent population imbalance remark. In his address at a public meeting here, Owaisi said Bhagwat will not mention this, and he should keep data before discussing population...
Food, safe options for family planning and the right to quality education are some of the development goals of every nation. Experts closely involved in these areas, including in policymaking, share glimpses of the journey...
A survey conducted by WHO in 105 countries to assess the impact of Covid-19 on essential services, estimated that family planning services were disrupted in 68% of the countries.
Men are going for vasectomies after the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe Vs Wade verdict to avoid a pregnancy's possibility in absence of abortion or female contraceptives.
‘Approximately 16 per cent of women, who used menstrual pads before the pandemic, had no or limited access to menstrual pads between March and November,’ the study stated.
Himanta Biswa Sarma had yesterday said the population explosion within the community needed to be controlled which would enable them to overcome poverty
Released by a group of India’s most prominent condom manufacturers and suppliers, India's first-ever Condomology report shows a 48% dip in condom sales in...
Here’s a story of three Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA workers)of Uttar Pradesh who defied the pandemic to help women in need
Gender Inequality denies Indian women reproductive choices, which is linked to maternal and children’s mortality and health and nutrition outcomes.
Apart from checking teenage pregnancies and deaths, family planning also lowers death rate for children, wasting and stunting.
PIL to control population was filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging a Delhi High Court order
Lack of access to contraceptives and family planning services during the COVID-19 induced lockdowns led to an alarming rise in the pregnancy rate across the...
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The health coordinators have been distributing two packets of condoms at quarantine centres, ASHA workers have been distributing them during door-to-door...
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Integration of family planning and reproductive health services in nutrition programming, an important intervention, is often overlooked. There is a need for...
Muslims constitute nearly 35 per cent of Assam’s 33 million people and the high birth rate among the community is a major source of friction over the...
However, the researchers cautioned against expectations of an immediate product.
This comes after repeated complaints by the viewers alleging "indecency, especially for children", added the advisory.
Plans are being chalked up to motivate the Rohingyas to keep their family size small alongside providing them with kits containing birth control pills and...
Preference for the male child hampers efforts to control India’s population
