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• Czech Maternity Wards Shutter as National Birth Rate Plummets to Record Lows

  Published: Apr 2, 2026

  Section: Europe

  The Czech Republic recorded its lowest birth rate in history in 2025, with only 77,600 deliveries in a nation of 10.9 million, triggering the closure of several maternity hospitals...

• The Swedish Blueprint, Half a Century of State-Funded Gender Neutral Childcare

  Published: Mar 17, 2026

  Section: Global Economy

  Sweden is marking 50 years since it became the first nation to replace maternity leave with a gender-neutral parental benefit, a move that has fundamentally reshaped its labor mark...