Birth rate

Working parents to get 8 to 12 days of childcare leave a year, for kids aged 12 and below

The higher leave provisions are part of a raft of measures aimed at giving Singaporeans greater assurance to start and raise families.

Worker influx lifts Hong Kong population as birth slump worsens

Births in Hong Kong plunged 15.6 per cent to 29,700, the lowest since records began in the 1960s.

‘National Day gift’: Tan Kiat How becomes father for the 3rd time on Aug 10

Tan Kiat How with his third child Micah.

Childcare subsidies for stay-home mums, more maternity leave among proposals to support families

MP Elysa Chen said Singapore needs to move beyond financial incentives to tackle structural challenges that young couples and parents face.

Italy’s fertility rate falls to 80-year low: Report

Italy would need a fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman to maintain a stable population without immigration.

Supportive workplaces key to fathers taking full paternity leave, as uptake in Singapore rises

38-year-old Imdadulla Syed Shahid, a father, took nearly two months off work to be there for his wife and newborn daughter when she was born in January.

The panic over birth rates has a blind spot

South Korean singles look for their dream match at Buddhist temple retreat

Participants walk through the grounds of Naksansa temple during a Buddhist temple matchmaking programme.

Bhutan battles ‘existential’ population crisis with birth drive

Annual births have dropped by more than a quarter over the past decade, compounding the country’s loss of youngsters to migration.

Turkey fines over 100 doctors for caesarean deliveries: Report

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