Fertility rate

Forum: Don’t diminish benefits of Working Mother’s Child Relief

Study finds paternity leave has no impact on Singapore couples’ decisions to have more children

The findings differ from those of other countries like the Nordic, where taking paternity leave has been linked to having more children.

NUS Medicine, non-profit population group to work on report on fertility, parenthood

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Singapore youth aware of falling fertility rate, study finds, but 40% in no rush to marry

The findings found that of those aged 26 to 35, 23.53 per cent were eager to marry and start a family, while 22.06 per cent have ruled out family entirely.

Poor planning fuels Bangladesh contraceptive crisis

A worker arranging packets of condoms at a pharmacy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 27. Government clinics across the country of 170 million people running out of basic contraceptives.

Forum: Three dates in three years since coming back to Singapore

PMOS: A new name for PCOS, the most common cause of infertility

The new name, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, was chosen by a global coalition of patients, clinicians, and medical organisations.

New parents are a category by themselves. Treat them as such

Young parents have a lot on their plate and should not be benchmarked against non-parents, says the writer.

A baby boom in the Trump administration but not in America

The birth of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s daughter (left) heralded a baby boom within the Trump administration.

Mother’s Day

Mum advocates: She created a community where mums can be vulnerable about their changing identities

The Mum Collective SG founder Nurulhuda Mohamd Rasid with her daughter Naeema Taufiq, (left) four, and son Kareem Taufiq, 22 months, at home.

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