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Family Choices

Africa has the world's highest birth rate. The continent also suffers high rates of infertility. How are African governments, charities, and health workers giving couples more control over their reproduction?

A man in a bright green T-shirt with the text "DADS ARE PARENTS" sits in a conference room, while other people work at their desks in the background.

This country’s paternity leave could be a model for the US

DW

Which European country do you think is leading the pack in terms of paternity leave right now? The chances are, the possibilities that have just come into your head are all Northern European — but you’d actually be incorrect. As Ashish Sharma from our partners at Deutsche Welle (DW) reports, the answer is Spain! Learn […]

Japanese dads struggle to reform fatherhood

Japan in Focus

Interactive Feature: Global Fertility Map

Health & Medicine

Infographic: The Human Toll of Infertility in Africa

Development & Education

Part II: Not Just a Women’s Issue

Health & Medicine

Behind the Video, ‘Beauty’s Children’

Health & Medicine

The assignment I received from The World seemed simple enough: produce a video about a woman who is unable to have children. My job was to explore the emotional impact of infertility in South Africa, and to show how one individual has coped.

The World

Family Planning Series Video: Beauty’s Children

Health & Medicine

Beauty Sqalane lives outside Cape Town, South Africa. When she learned she could not get pregnant, she was devastated. Then she found a way to bring children into her life.

Part I: Rethinking the Model Family

Health & Medicine

In Ethiopia, having eight children is not uncommon. To reduce birth rates, the government has enlisted the help of health workers and religious leaders. Their goal: change attitudes about what constitutes an “ideal” family.

Part III: Infertile in a Land of Kids

Health & Medicine

In Africa’s child-centered cultures, women who cannot give birth often endure stigma, scorn, and social isolation. A rare clinic in South Africa offers high-tech fertility treatment to those of low-income.