It is women and girls who will suffer the most from the funding crisis caused by cuts to development aid.
COMMENT: The US’s global gag rule blocks funding to any foreign NGOS that perform abortions, except in very limited cases. The Biden-Harris administration must rescind it
Changing household structures, economic growth and contraceptives prompt dramatic drop in fertility rate, study finds
Nearly 2 million unwanted pregnancies and thousands of deaths would have been prevented had Trump not pulled funding for reproductive health.
Healthcare for Kenya’s semi-nomadic communities comes in an unlikely form of camels, who carry medicine to the country’s most remote villages.
Many children between the ages of nine and 12 have had sex. The average woman has about five children.
Family planning is often considered to be a woman’s responsibility, but men need access to family planning services too.
When it comes to family planning and birth control, the burden most often falls on women.
Family planning is not a luxury to everyone. Melinda Gates talks about why she has dedicated so much of her time to helping women plan their families.
The M&G caught up with Melinda Gates while she visited Lilongwe, Malawi to see how a family planning campaign in the country was going.
While Japan, Canada and Australia hand out "baby bonuses" to encourage people to have children, couples in a part of India are getting cash to not.
