Family planning/policy

Japan approves its first over-the-counter ‘morning-after’ pill

Drugmaker ASKA Pharmaceutical said on Oct 20 that it had “obtained manufacturing and marketing approval” for its over-the-counter contraceptive, Norlevo.

Belgian officials say US-funded contraceptives still in storage, despite reports of destruction

FILE — The warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where millions of contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. were stored when the U.S. government defunded the agency, in Geel, Belgium, July 22, 2025. Millions of dollars’ worth of birth control pills and other contraceptives destined for people in low-income countries have been destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration, the United States Agency for International Development said on Thursday, Sept. 11. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)

The places where grief teaches us about who we are

An NEA officer demonstrating the scattering of ashes – sand was used in this demonstration – at the Garden of Peace. The facility was developed in response to interest expressed by the public for such practices to be made available in Singapore.

$12m of US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned, offers to buy them rejected: Sources

The USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

Paternity leave take-up in S’pore rose to 56% in 2023; experts hope for further boost after extension

Paternity leave was recently enhanced in April, with fathers now entitled to four weeks of paternity leave, up from two.

China plans nationwide subsidies to boost birth rate, growth

China’s population registered a decline for three straight years through 2024.

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