More women should feel they have a choice to continue playing after becoming a mother – which is why the right kind of support is important.
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Moms in Proteomics hopes to ensure a sustainable and productive international community of expertly trained scientists, coupled with the necessary resources and tools to balance motherhood.
Feminists in the 1970s knew the liberation of women and children was inextricably linked.
Mothers with young children are consistently identified as having lower levels of physical activity and leisure opportunities, which place their physical and mental health at risk.
When Chloe Hooper’s partner was diagnosed with leukaemia, she struggled to talk about the possibility of his death with their two young children. She found the words in books.
In Mothertongues, Ceridwen Dovey and Eliza Bell make use of an eclectic range of styles to capture the essence of a mother’s experience.
Sport policy and practices to support pregnant athletes impacts athletes across all levels of sport. We have an opportunity to change the future for athletes.
Rage is a part of human motherhood, sandwiched between grief and shame. But it can be harnessed to build a better world.
Filial abuse remains a largely hidden issue with no statistics to determine how prevalent it is.
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.
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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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Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Professor of Sport Management & Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence, Brock University
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Southampton
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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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Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer in Family History, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Law, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Assistant professor in kinesiology, University of The Fraser Valley
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Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Swansea University
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Southampton
