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Embracing comprehensive sexuality education in Albania

calendar_today 18 October 2019

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Embracing comprehensive sexuality education in Albania

TIRANA, Albania — “As a teacher, but more so as a parent, I would like my child to know as much as possible about sexuality education,” says Oriana Osmani, an…

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5 things you learn in sexuality education

calendar_today 15 October 2019

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5 things you learn in sexuality education

Learning about sexuality is an integral part of growing up. Age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education helps children and young people understand their changing bodies and…

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5 ways men can get in the game

calendar_today 26 September 2019

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5 ways men can get in the game

Family planning and safe sex should be a team effort between couples, but most men are sitting on the side-lines. While overall use of modern contraceptives worldwide doubled…

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5 ways men can get in the game

calendar_today 26 September 2019

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5 ways men can get in the game

Men account for just one-quarter of all contraceptive use, leaving women to bear a disproportionate burden for protecting their own health, and that of their partner.

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Helping midwives save mothers’ lives in Uzbekistan

calendar_today 26 August 2019

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Helping midwives save mothers’ lives in Uzbekistan

KANLIKUL, Uzbekistan — Darigul Kholmurodova and her family were having breakfast one morning when her pregnant daughter-in-law started to feel unwell. “She was just…

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Women take the lead in helping refugees through crisis

calendar_today 16 August 2019

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Women take the lead in helping refugees through crisis

ISTANBUL, Turkey — When a humanitarian crisis erupts, women are often the first to respond, and the last to leave. They serve some of the world’s most vulnerable…

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Accelerating innovation to end unmet need for family planning

calendar_today 26 July 2019

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Accelerating innovation to end unmet need for family planning

MUNICH, Germany — What if young people on the autism spectrum could access individually tailored sexuality-education information anytime they go online? That’s just…

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Want to increase birth rates? Try gender equality

calendar_today 15 July 2019

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Want to increase birth rates? Try gender equality

On today’s World Population Day it is important to emphasize that it is not population size that matters in contemporary societies. What matters is the human capital of a…

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Population and health trends in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

calendar_today 11 July 2019

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Population and health trends in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Do people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia enjoy more rights and freedoms than they did 25 years ago? On what issues has progress been steadiest, and…

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