Child marriage is legal and persists across Canada

Published: 8 January 2021

Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were...

CNN | The cost of child care around the world

Published: 25 April 2018

Finding the right child care can be a frustrating -- and expensive -- process for parents around the world, from New York to Nairobi. Access to adequate child care for all has become a "global"...

World AIDS Day 2015: McGill/MUHC experts

Published: 25 November 2015

December 1 is World AIDS Day, reminding us that the fight against the AIDS pandemic is far from over. More than 36 million people have died since it emerged in the early 1980s. Today, 35.3 million...

Divorce: on the decline in sub-Saharan Africa

Published: 16 December 2015

With education, employment and income levels all rising for women in sub-Saharan Africa, many observers have speculated that divorce rates would follow suit – as they have in much of the developed...

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