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What major factors prevent people from having as many children as they desire?

One in four people lives in a country where the population has likely peaked. A new study shows that low fertility rates result more from a lack of choices than personal decisions.

Euronews

Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new report

As right-wing governments seek to blame a rejection of parenthood, a survey reveals a lack of choice, not desire, stops people having the families they want

The Guardian - UK

A pregnant woman under Israel's blockade in Gaza's ruins fears for her baby

Israel’s military campaign decimating the Gaza Strip has made pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous for Palestinian women and their babies

The Independent UK

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The untold war: UN sounds alarm on violence against Ukrainian women

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, women in Ukraine have faced rising gender-based violence, even within their own homes, United Nations representative told Euronews.

Euronews

A woman dies every two minutes due to failures in maternal care, shocking new figures reveal

SPECIAL REPORT: More than a quarter of a million women around the world died during their pregnancy or within six weeks of giving birth in 2023, WHO figures reveal. Rebecca Thomas and Alicja Hagopian report

The Independent UK

Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths

In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid.

The Conversation

Global aid in chaos as Trump proposes to slash funds and dismantle USAID

Three weeks into Donald Trump’s second presidency of the United States, the global aid sector is in disarray as Washington reviews its foreign aid policy to ensure it aligns with the America First agenda. Funds have been frozen or slashed while the USAID agency is being dismantled.

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Trump reinstates GOP abortion policies after addressing rally - Roll Call

The orders came hours after Trump addressed the anti-abortion March for Life via video and largely reemphasize GOP abortion policies.

Roll Call

Threadbare facilities, high mortality, cats in the corridors: the realities of life for new Rohingya mothers in Cox’s Bazar

In the world’s largest refugee site, high mortality, child kidnapping and a lack of healthcare make the journey to motherhood a perilous one

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian men face sexual torture in Russian detention centres: UN

The UN says most reported cases of sexual violence against men occur in detention centres.

Al Jazeera

Trump's first week in office may set tone on abortion policy - Roll Call

Trump will be asked to quickly weigh in on United Nations Population Fund, Mexico City Policy once he enters office in January 2025.

Roll Call

Sexual Violence Risk Soaring For Displaced Haiti Women, UN Warns

Thousands of women and girls displaced by Haiti's gang violence are under threat from a surge in sexual assaults, the United Nations warned Tuesday, denouncing deplorable living conditions in makeshift camps.

International Business Times

New Horizon: Changing Lives Through Fashion

The "Fashion Expressions: the Stories She Wears" program, created by UNFPA and Prada Group, is life-changing for some of Ghana's most vulnerable young women. Marie Claire meets three of these girls to hear their stories and see how fashion has impacted their futures.

Marie Claire

Hospitals in south Gaza will run out of fuel in three days, WHO warns

Already critically undersupplied hospitals have three days of fuel left, WHO chief warns as aid shipments also impeded.

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The Guardian - UK

‘It is simply best not to get pregnant’: women left terrified as Haiti’s maternity services collapse

Delivering a baby was already risky, but an unprecedented surge in gang violence has forced clinics and hospitals to close

International Business Times

'Worse Than Hell': The Perils Of Pregnancy In War-torn Gaza

Forced to flee her home by Israeli bombardment, Asmaa Ahmed gave birth in the middle of the night in a Gaza City school that had no electricity.

Top News

Prada Group Extends Women's Empowerment Programme To Mexico With UNFPA

Prada Group and UNFPA collaborate to empower women artisans in Mexico through fashion and health training.

International Business Times UK

5,000 Births In Gaza Expected In March, Over 180 Babies Born Daily: UK To Send £4.25m For Vulnerable Women And Children

The UK has pledged more than £4 million to tackle the severe period poverty and humanitarian crisis for pregnant women and girls in Gaza.

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Gender equality goals under threat in climate crisis-hit countries, says UN

France 24

Malnourished, sick and scared: Pregnant women in Gaza face ‘unthinkable challenges’

Before the latest escalation in violence between Israel and Hamas, pregnant women in the Gaza Strip could have health check-ups, get advice on nutrition and prepare their homes for the arrival of their babies. Today, thousands are living in shelters where there is not enough food or clean water, and…

Al Jazeera

Gaza mothers fear for premature babies as Israeli siege cripples hospitals

At least 130 babies are dependent on electric incubators that are vulnerable to power cuts as Gaza runs out of fuel.

The Guardian - UK

FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law

Women’s rights campaigners denounce ‘hugely regressive’ proposals from political and religious leaders to decriminalise practice

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women

Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds

The Hindu

Morning Digest | India’s elderly population to double to over 20% by 2050, says UNFPA report; EPFO likely to give employers extension to validate joint forms, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

The Hindu

India ageing, elderly to make up 20% of population by 2050: UNFPA report

UNFPA India's 2023 Ageing Report calls for government to increase awareness of schemes for elderly, bring all old age homes under regulatory purview, and facilitate in situ ageing. Report projects 279% growth in 80+ population by 2050, with majority being widowed, highly dependent women. Report highlights lack of data on…

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