Despite considerable progress, India’s maternal mortality rate remains very high

In Nigeria, many girls’ lives are ruined by early pregnancy

Women who have been subjected to female genital mutilation often have severe complications during childbirth

Societal norms and lack of equality stand in the way of modern family planning and contraception

Hundreds of thousands of women are still dying during pregnancy or childbirth

India has too many unsafe abortions – and too many Caesarean sections

The difficult birth of a law to improve the situation of traditional midwives in Guatemala

According to UNICEF, supporting the world’s poorest children is twice as effective as supporting those who are less poor

Contraception tends to be only as good as the counselling that supports it

Young women, in particular, are unable to use contraceptives and plan their families as they wish

In Ghana, young volunteers from Accra are trained to educate village youths on sexual and reproductive health issues