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As women’s relationship with work and career has changed, so too has the relationship with parenting. What women need now is more targeted support in raising children.
The Netflix adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter explores motherhood as complexly as the book, but some things get lost in translation.
The Channel Nine program pits ten different parenting styles against each other. It may make for compelling TV, but parents need information, not extra pressure.
With the high cost of infant formula, food-insecure mothers who cannot breastfeed are struggling to feed their babies.
Why do women freeze their eggs? My research shows it’s for a range of reasons, and not always due to a desire to become a mother.
Women who are physically active in the postnatal period report better mental well-being than those who are less active, but the pandemic has made exercise less accessible.
Interviewees describe ‘scrimping and saving’ to make ends meet.
Many women struggle to maintain a career in film after having children. But there are creative avenues to be explored to circumvent the gatekeepers, as filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck discovered.
Ancient Christian and Jewish texts threatened women with hellfire if they stepped out of line – and those terrifying visions still resonate in U.S. society today.
Frozen eggs will be stored for up to 55 years in the UK.
New study finds that workplace hostility toward motherhood in STEM fields can deter even young, childless women from pursuing academic careers.
The Tokyo Games might be the most gender-equal games in history, but many competition barriers still exist for elite athletes who are mothers.
The growing popularity of #winemom and its portrayal on social media. Is it humour and empowerment or binge drinking and mental health challenges?
Over the past 48 years, women in the US have married later, attained higher education and joined the workforce in record numbers. Could a conservative Supreme Court turn it all back?
Some lay their eggs and leave, others carry their young for a year in a pouch: in nature, maternal care comes in many forms.
A new study found that while becoming a father gave men more leadership opportunities, becoming a mother diminished them for women.
It can be extremely distressing and stigmatising for a woman to experience a mental disorder around the time of childbirth.
New research finds that while some women thrived during lockdown, others found breastfeeding to be difficult and overwhelming.
In the 13 years the show has been on the air, the Kardashians have become a cultural juggernaut shaping culture as we know it.
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Human Sciences and Psychology; Faculty Associate of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University
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Assistant Professor in Kinesiology, University of The Fraser Valley
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in English, University of Canterbury
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Clinician Scientist, Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health, Sport Medicine Physician, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
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Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
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Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Southampton
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Christenson Professor in Active Healthy Living, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Southampton