Contraception and family planning
- Afghanistan, Charities, Contraception and family planning, Reproductive rights, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Progress on family planning in Afghanistan is still possible | Letter
George Papachristou and Gigih Yudhistira offer some hope in response to a report on how the Taliban’s ban on b…
- Afghanistan, Contraception and family planning, Gender, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
The death of medical care for Afghan women | Letter
Dr Carol Mann says the world is silent while women in Afghanistan face a bleak future, in response to an artic…
- Afghanistan, Contraception and family planning, Family, Global development, Global health, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Pregnancy, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraceptionParwana* no lo…
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China to hike tax on condoms in attempt to boost falling birth rate
From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the …
- Afghanistan, Contraception and family planning, Global development, Health, Reproductive rights, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
Taliban bans contraception calling use a ‘western conspiracy’
Reports that fighters have threatened those issuing birth control medicines come as Afghan midwives and activi…
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Sex, laughs and the snip: an audience with Thailand’s ‘Condom King’
Thailand’s population growth has slowed dramatically since the 60s, with a little help from Mechai Viravaidya’…
- Bollywood, Comedy, Comedy films, Contraception and family planning, Culture, Film, Health, India, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Helmet review – flaccid condom-awareness comedy
Grown adults behave like horny kids in this ill-judged comedy, meant to start discussion about contraception i…
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As the global family shrinks, migrants and the planet benefit
Figures from the US and Japan reveal sharp declines in birthrates, and even China may have peaked, but there a…