Rise in India's female feticide may spark crisis
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Increasing female feticide in India could spark a demographic crisis where fewer women in society will result in a rise in sexual violence and child abuse as well as wife-sharing, the United Nations warned.
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Lawrence H. Summers has provoked a storm of controversy by suggesting that the shortage of elite female scientists may stem in part from "innate" differences between men and women.
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India's drive to adopt a western economic model is threatening those who make their living from the jungle.
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Giving birth in poor countries proves fatal for more than half a million women every year, or one every minute, the World Health Organisation said, warning preventable deaths have reached epidemic levels.
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India outlines an ambitious programme aiming to help women overcome the stigma of losing their husband.
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Shortage of skilled workers means firms would be smart to address women's workplace concerns, according to research.
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Pratibha Patil, who is likely to be elected Indiaâs first female president on Thursday, has faced vitriolic attacks.
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AS AIDS increasingly assumes a female face, new efforts to tackle the social conditions that make women particularly vulnerable are urgently needed, the United Nations warns.
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NAIROBI  - Giving birth in poor countries proves fatal for more than half a million women every year, or one every minute, the World Health Organisation said, warning preventable deaths have reached epidemic levels.
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In a demographic bubble that is transforming India, 54 percent of the country's one billion plus people are now under the age of 25.
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China is to outlaw the selective abortion of female fetuses to correct an imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls that has grown since the one-child policy was introduced more than 20 years ago.
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The leader of India's Hindu-nationalist opposition on Tuesday voiced concern over the growth rate among minority Muslims and Christians, urging them to practice family planning to preserve the nation's "unity and integrity."
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NEW DELHI -- Indian women would be required to register their pregnancies and seek government permission for abortions under a proposal intended to curb abortions of female fetuses in the country, where boys are traditionally preferred.
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A growing number of young Muslim women are becoming caught up in "violent extremism", the government warned Tuesday.
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Pressure to perform in India's expanding job market has led to a surge of young male executives making deposits at sperm banks so they can have children later in life, reports said Sunday.
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Mother India gives birth to 43 million children a year. Biotech companies on the verge of the world's largest stem-cell bonanza may create a market that would tempt poor families. By Scott Carney.
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Developing countries are making real gains in promoting reproductive health and womenâs rights, but they are hampered by inadequate support from rich nations and serious problems persist, Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations