Love this article from the Smithsonian : In the rough-and-tumble setting of medieval England, royal mothers were expected to do far mor...

'The World's Oldest Profession' May Not Be What You Think Next to prostitution, wet-nursing (being hired to breastfeed anothe...

Tragic tales of violence against women and children has emerged from India.  Here are just a few of the headlines that have appeared this w...

From NDTV : Santhal tribals in a Bihar village have added a new chapter to their ancient custom of young men and women living together - ...

Environmental journalist Florence Williams says that "Breasts are bellwethers for the changing health of people.” It was after rea...

From the Boston Herald : According to a recent study by two Swedish economists, that brand of gallantry is not only dead, it was buried ...

From KTUL : It only took a second for Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white ...

From the Independent : The rights of a child to know its parents are written into international law, but in France that doesn't mean ver...

Founder of Outback Maternity Home Lucy was born six years after her parents first arrived in Australia from England. She became a milliner ...

From Live Science : Lead poisoning isn't just a problem for post-industrial city kids — the children of samurai suffered from it too, a ...

From News.com.au : The Federal Government last year released its National Breastfeeding Strategy 2010-2015, but there has been little action...

From the Star : “We immigrant women made great sacrifices to come here,” Jahangir says. “But we did not come here to be idle and beg. We did...

From Children & Young People Now : Young members of Girlguiding UK have launched a petition today (4 August) urging Prime Minister David...

From the Telegraph : Women living near an ancient fertility symbol produce the most babies in the country according to new figures. The nak...

From the Irish Times : THE NATIONAL Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is to write to all female TDs, Senators, and local councillors cal...

From VOA News : More than three decades after it began, China's one-child population control policy has some unintended consequences. Be...

From Associated Press : Three decades of wars, massacres and sectarian killings have left Iraq with as many as a million widows, by Iraqi go...

From the Nation : THE health of women and children has come under focus across the country. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in ...

From USA Today : Which country is best for mothers and their children? Norway, according to an annual report by Save the Children. And the U...

From the Wall Street Journal : With one of the world's lowest birth rates, Taiwan faces the prospect of a rapidly aging population witho...