Women await their turn at a family planning clinic in Bihar
People watch as a magician performs next to a man dressed as a condom, during an awareness program on International Condom Day in New Delhi.
Rural trouble Survivors of the tubectomy camp in Bilaspur being treated
Sudesh, 27, Kol tribal, Rewa
Lost his parents when young. Mentally unstable and unmarried, he was asked to come and clean his upper-caste neighbour’s house. Was lure...
Lalita, age 35, Kol tribal, Rewa
Got sterilised on January 25 when her anganwadi worker informed her that her name would be struck off the BPL list. She has been promi...
Lalit, 22, Kol tribal, Satna
Sterilised on February 12. Had to undergo vasectomy as his wife, an anganwadi worker, had targets set for her by the district collector, ...
Shyam Lal, 16, Kol tribal, Rewa
Forcibly sterilised on February 16. Was told that he was being treated for fever. Abandoned by the doctor in an unconscious state, had ...
Sitakumari, 38, Kol tribal, Satna
Faced with the threat of having her name struck off the BPL list, she underwent tubectomy on February 15. Had seven daughters, and a ...
Mohammed Shakeel and Kehkashan have three kids.
Big winnersKamal Verma and Mamta with their daughte
Young girls walk past an activist of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals dressed as a condom hold a placard urging people about animal birth control ahead of the World Popu...
Transvestites prepare for a fashion show featuring condom-decorated clothing, held concurrently with the Latin American and Carribean HIV/AIDS conference in San Salvador, El Salvad...
A model displays condoms on a hat during a reproductive health expo in Beijing, China. The State Population and Family Planning Commission has reiterated that China would not relax...
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China has extended a new family planning policy in its volatile Xinjiang province to include Muslim Uyghur minority, offic
Nearly 30 per cent women in Madhya Pradesh are not aware of the methods of contraception, claims an organisation engaged i
The US has assured India of working with all agencies to ensure "speedy justice" to the Indian-American victims of b
Swaddled in colourful hijabs the women exchange puzzled looks and suppress embarrassed giggles. "You're sure it's halal?"
China's new policy to permit two children, ending the one child policy this year is resulting in discrimination of w
India needs to significantly increase the budget for the family planning sector, else it may fall short of the commitment
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today that family planning and contraception were not for Muslim families, in
Pakistan has banned airing advertisements of contraceptives on television and radio after complaints that such "undesired"
Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah today advocated small families with two children, days after her colleague
Seeking to offer women a broader basket of choice for family planning, the government has introduced a mix of contraceptiv
