Women’s Legal Centre hails wider import of Namibia sterilisation verdict

Cape Town-based organisation urges action on contraception policy and calls for education and empowerment of women

Forcible sterilisation leaves legacy of pain and stigma for Namibian mothers

'No one has the right to take away my womanhood and leave me at the mercy of the cruel and unfair judgments of my community'

Namibia court rules HIV-positive women sterilised without consent

Sterilisations on three mothers carried out at same time as caesareans, but judge rejects claim that they were targeted because they were HIV-positive

Work after eight months of pregnancy is as harmful as smoking, study finds

Women who worked after they were eight months pregnant had babies who weighed 230g less on average

Why are black women less likely to breastfeed?

Black women are less likely to breastfeed – but no one knows why. Kimberly Seals Allers talks parenting and race with Bim Adewunmi

Call for more folic acid in flour endorsed by doctors

BMA says children at risk of birth defects as women need more of the chemical in their diet when they get pregnant

Twins and triplets five times more likely to die within first year

Figures show infant mortality rate at 20.4 per 1,000 for multiple births as increase in IVF treatment affects pregnancy patterns

‘Baby boxes’ polarise Hungary

Proponents say hatches for unwanted newborns result in fewer deaths, but critics say counselling for mothers is preferable

Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: should you diet if you’re pregnant?

Years ago, women were told they were eating for two – so what is the best course of action?

IVF treatment extended to women up to age 42 on NHS

Regulator proposes change to current age limit of 39 for women deemed to have no chance of conceiving by other means