Rajasthan MLAs pledge to safeguard adolescent health

Support from elected representatives will play an important role in ensuring that adolescent health is a priority in Rajasthan, say experts

Counselling, social security measures may improve lives of adolescent mothers

Odisha’s Subarnapur district’s ‘Sanjivanee – the new life’ scheme is a slice of relief as it ensures …

3,000 adolescents die every day of preventable causes: WHO

Gains from investments in maternal and child health programmes are not sustained in adolescence

Should minimum age for marriage of girls be raised to 21

A legal amendment will not be enough; an environment should be created for female children to realise their dreams

Tricked and uninformed : Why so many young girls in Kenya are getting pregnant

About 1 in 5 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 have begun having children

75 years of independent India: Time for freedom from period shame

This Independence Day CRY calls for demystifying taboos on menstruation and urges everyone to come forward and break the culture of silence …

Adolescent leadership can address menstruation myths

Around 53% girls surveyed in Jharkhand believed that menstrual blood is dirty

Anaemia: India needs social norms-based interventions at every phase of a woman’s life

While behaviour change communication for drug adherence and knowledge of anaemia as a serious disease is needed, challenging detrimental social …

Girls less physically active than boys due to societal factors: Study

The research also found that 80% of school-going adolescents do not do the recommended one hour of daily physical activity

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Is society’s silence on menstruation aggravating mental health issues?

It’s high time period education be placed at forefront to promote gender equality and empower next generation of women

Child participation: Adolescent leadership should extend beyond schools to recognise children as political citizens

There should be action to make child participation robust & sustained institutional process  

Menstrual hygiene in Africa: No pad or no way to dispose it

Women in sub-Saharan Africa still struggle to have a healthy and safe period

What the new National Education Policy misses — Time

Except the makers of the policy, everyone else acknowledges that a baby’s brain development starts from the moment it is born and not …

Not a child’s play to stand up against child marriage

After saying a no to her own marriage, Bishnupriya Pradhan is saving others from child marriage

What’s driving Africa’s population growth. And what can change it

What’s driving population growth on the continent, and what can be done to slow the trend, is one of the subjects that will be addressed …

Secondhand smoke may be a substantial contributor to lead levels found in children and adolescents, new study finds

Exposure to lead can cause numerous and severe neurological problems, including nerve damage, cognitive problems, loss of IQ points and possibly …

Inequalities in accessing sexual, reproductive healthcare persist: WHO study 

Rates of unintended pregnancies, abortions vary widely within the same region and geographies, it says

Adolescent fertility rate, teenage pregnancies decline in Indian states: NFHS-5

Tripura records the highest adolescent fertility rate for women aged 15-19 years; Goa the least

India performs badly in breastfeeding, ensuring healthy diet to children

A report blames ineffective policies, lack of budget and the absence of better monitoring policies for poor performance

National Girl Child Day: HER day, HER way

Fourteen-year-old leads by example, stops child marriage in West Bengal

Investment in girls’ education critical to arrest child marriages in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, child marriages account for 7.3 per cent of marriages in rural areas and 3 per cent in urban areas

Remembering 2022: What it meant for India’s children  

As the year comes to a close and we gear up to welcome 2023, here’s revisiting some of the major events this year that significantly …

Decline in adolescent pregnancies ‘alarmingly slow’ in developing countries: UN

Central & southern Asia has one of the highest likelihoods of rapid repeat pregnancies 

Over 3% of all cancer patients in India are under 15; 4.6% under 20: Study

Leukaemias make up nearly half of all cancers in 0-4 year age group (42.1%), 5-9 year age group (42.5%)

New replenishment mechanism to make WHO funding flexible welcomed at World Health Assembly

Sustainable Development Goals should also discuss adolescent health, says a report presented at the World Health Assembly