Antenatal Care

Need for more child-friendly spaces in India's response efforts – Express Healthcare
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Need for more child-friendly spaces in India's response efforts – Express Healthcare

Prarthana Sen, member of the Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies (IAAPS) and former researcher at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) explains that child-friendly spaces reflect cultural sensitivity as they are built in adherence to the local norms and values of a concerned place. Its staff is also selected from amongst those affected, and…

Enugu Woman Narrates How She Discovered Daughter 20 Years After She Was Stolen At …
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Enugu Woman Narrates How She Discovered Daughter 20 Years After She Was Stolen At …

If a soothsayer had told Professor Michael Okwudili and wife, Gloria, that after over 20 years they had a son, Nzubechukwu (Godswill) that they still had a daughter somewhere who probably was mature enough to be preparing for marriage, they would have probably stoned the person or called him a fraudster. Luckily, today, the story…

On women's rights, West takes a backward step, and India shows the way
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On women's rights, West takes a backward step, and India shows the way

At a time of distressing furore on social media and the streets against the near-total bans on abortion in the West, India’s generous stance on the termination of pregnancy is a comforting sanctum. Coupled with the moratorium on commercial surrogacy and the proposal to equalise men’s and women’s ages at marriage, India is positioned securely…