International Youth Day: Battling the stigmatization of teen pregnancy in Thailand

Young mothers in Thailand are receiving support to overcome the challenges they face in a country where teenage pregnancy is still taboo.

Sri Lanka: WFP helps alleviate stress of pregnancy amidst skyrocketing food prices

New York: The queue of women grows steadily outside a government clinic in Kuppiyawatta, in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. In just over half an hour the number swells to around 200. Pregnant women, some with children in hand, are waiting their turn to receive food vouchers from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) – part of its emergency food assistance response.

COVID disrupts contraception services, leads to 1.4 million unintended pregnancies, says UNFPA

New York: One year since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, the UN’s reproductive health agency said on Thursday that an estimated 12 million women have experienced disruptions to their family planning services.

Forced pregnancy in Italy violated ‘woman’s human right to health’, UN experts rule

New York, Mar 28 (IBNS): The Italian Government violated a woman’s “human right to health” after a law which denied her the right to refuse fertility treatment she had previously agreed to, “led her to undergo a forced pregnancy”, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) said on Wednesday. 

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces pregnancy

Wellington, Jan 19 (IBNS): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday announced that she is expecting her first child.