For a young mother expecting her second child, concern over whether she can find a day care facility is causing extra stress. "I'm worried about whether I'll be able to find a slot by the time I return to work," the 34-year-old office worker said ...
The valid points in the fired Google worker's gender diversity manifesto shouldn't be drowned out by a chorus of condemnation.
A Malaysian man was charged on Thursday with more than 600 counts of raping and sodomizing his teenaged daughter, prompting calls for greater protection for women and girls. The case comes as Malaysia seeks to crack down on child sex offenses, including the establishment of ...
Swiss petitioners have successfully collected enough signatures to launch a nationwide referendum that would grant new fathers at least 20 days of paid paternity leave, up from one day today, the government said Thursday. The issue strikes at the heart of the work-life balance debate ...
Something was in the air in the small Ohio town of Twinsburg, founded by identical twins 200 years ago: On Saturday, endless sets of twins made the singly born feel out of place. Though the Twins Days Festival is open to all those of multiple ...
A Cambodian court on Thursday sentenced an Australian nurse to 18 months in prison for sourcing clients for a surrogacy clinic in the impoverished kingdom, as authorities tackle "womb for rent" businesses. Tammy Davis-Charles, 49, has been in custody since her arrest in November last ...
Sperm counts in men from America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand have dropped by more than 50 percent in less than 40 years, researchers said on Tuesday. They also said the rate of decline is not slowing. Both findings — in a meta-analysis bringing together ...
The Supreme Court has upheld a decision that granted a mother custody of her 9-year-old daughter, finalizing a high-profile dispute over custody rights. After the couple separated in May 2010, their relationship worsened. The woman then absconded with the daughter without her husband's consent, the ...
All parents go through the turmoil of their baby crying in a restaurant, on a train or in any public place. The mom or dad will try to calm the baby, often to no avail, causing some of those disturbed by the ruckus to make ...
French same-sex couples with children born to foreign surrogate mothers won a key victory Wednesday, with the country's highest appeals court ruling that the partner of the biological father could adopt his child. Surrogacy, when a woman carries a child for a couple that cannot ...
Japan’s shelters for neglected children are known for their suffocating discipline, but no one has come up with a good way to reform them in the past 70 years.
If Mari Takada has her way, women in Japan will one day be free from judgment in choosing whether or not to marry, raise children or give birth out of wedlock. In a society where marriage and motherhood traditionally go hand in hand, Takada is ...
