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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 · Jun 10, 2025

Gaza World's 'Most Dangerous Place' For Children: UNICEF

The head of the United Nations children's agency on Wednesday called the besieged Gaza Strip "the most dangerous place in the world to be a child," and said that the hard-won truce deal between Israel and Hamas was not enough to save their lives.

Latin Times · Nov 23, 2023

Live updates | More Palestinians fleeing combat zone in northern Gaza, UN says

The pace of Palestinian civilians fleeing the combat zone in northern Gaza has picked up as Israel’s air and ground campaign there intensifies

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

Nafis Sadik, a champion of women's health and rights around the world, dies at 92

Sadik became the architect of groundbreaking U.N. action that recognized for the first time that women have the right to control their reproductive and sexual health.

WEKU · Aug 16, 2022

Nafis Sadik, women's health and rights champion, dies at 92

Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference in Cairo, has died four days before her 93rd birthday

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022

‘Human rights crisis’: 121 million pregnancies around world each year are unintended, UN study finds

‘They may be survivors of abuse or exploitation; they may have been forced to marry early; or they may have lacked access to modern contraception,’ says campaigner

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

UN: Half of global pregnancies unintended

Nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Wednesday, warning that the war in Ukraine could further exacerbate what it called a "human rights crisis".

Bangkok Post · Mar 30, 2022