England’s Demi Stokes (in white) is absent from the 2023 Women’s World Cup due to run of injuries over the last season.
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As participation levels rise, TV viewing figures increase and sponsorship income improves year on year, what’s left to achieve for women in football?
There’s a difference between the fulfilling relationship mothers can have with their children and the patriarchal institution of motherhood.
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Being a mom can be heartbreaking, empowering, scary, fulfilling and everything in between.
Most medicines are safe for most breastfed babies, while serious harm to infants is rare.
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Not enough data is being collected about the impact taking prescription medication has on breastfeeding.
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Child development is always more complex than whether a baby is breastfed or not, as multiple factors affect our health.
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Three debut Australian novels explore diverse territory: the recognisable real world of parental estrangement, and a dystopian near-future where it never stops raining.
Some trans people find gender euphoria in being mothers and being with family.
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Trans motherhood showcases the unique joys of being transgender, be it through developing a deeper connection with one’s own child or caring for others in one’s community.
Buddhism prizes both compassion and undivided focus – which can be hard to combine.
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The lines between family life and Buddhist monasticism are not so ‘either/or’ as they might seem.
Team sport is an important activity to explore because it provides opportunities to build community, enhance health and well-being, and counter the often unrealistic and self-sacrificing expectations of motherhood.
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Team sport provides postpartum mothers with opportunities to build community, enhance health and well-being, and counter the often unrealistic and self-sacrificing expectations of motherhood.
People admire a massive statue of the Hindu goddess Kali.
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Mother figures from faith traditions around the world reflect many different ways of thinking about the divine.
Jewish mothers have created ways to celebrate childbirth with rituals old and new.
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Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood.
An ancient Greek relief depicting a baby with its mother and grandmother.
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Greek epic poetry often uses mothers and wives to humanize its heroes, reminding listeners of the meaning of sacrifice.
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A philosopher offers advice on how mothers could stop being pitted against each other.
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Renowned YA author Vikki Wakefield delves into the complex pressures of motherhood with her first adult novel – a psychological thriller.
Self-compassion can not only enhance physical and psychological health, but may also influence physical activity in the postpartum period.
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Physical activity and new motherhood can be hard to navigate, but physiological feedback and self-compassion can help inform decisions about when and how to exercise.
According to the CDC’s latest numbers, 65% of pregancy-related deaths occur in the first year following childbirth.
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Many of the preventable pregnancy-related deaths documented by the CDC are directly attributable to failures and barriers in the maternal care system.
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What are the risks and benefits of having labour induced?
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Finding role models can be a great way to increase confidence.
Williams has won 23 grand slams in her career.
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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.
Moms in Protoemics works to remove barriers so people can flourish and pave the way for the next generation of scientists to advance even further.
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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.
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Feminists in the 1970s knew the liberation of women and children was inextricably linked.