Under current laws in most states and territories, the life of an unborn child is legally indistinguishable from that of the mother.
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For stressed-out mothers, exercise can boost mental well-being. But if a fitness routine isn’t flexible, it can be just another task on an endless to-do list.
Did we need another Alien film? I suspect not, or at least, not this one.
We can appreciate the exceptional performance of mothers in the Olympics, while also recognizing the challenges faced by mothers and the need for realistic role models of postpartum physical activity.
Women athletes in various stages of pregnancy have continually challenged the perception of what a woman can do while pregnant, but they need more support.
Acts of Creation is an incisive look at over 100 women artists who have created art representing their lived experiences of mothering and care-giving, from joy and grief to ambivalence.
While there has been large advances and successes for athlete-mothers and progress since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, there is still work to be done to improve postpartum care and support.
An essay by Alice Munro’s daughter about childhood sexual abuse has forced a reckoning with the legacy of the feminist icon and writer acclaimed for her ability to give voice to women’s lives.
The End We Start From is an ecological disaster story set in a near-future London besieged by floods – as seen through the eyes of a new mother.
Rachel Cusk’s twelfth novel is strange, compelling and ferociously intelligent. It explores artists, mothers and daughters, and the ‘blankness of spirituality’ on the other side of gender.
As a child protection worker, psychologist Ariane Beeston had taken babies away from their mothers. Then she had a baby, experiencing bouts of mental illness. Her memoir of this time is compelling.
This fever-dream Swedish novella demonstrates an incomparable ability to give name to the things we feel but have been unable to find the right words for.
In Splinters, Leslie Jamison confronts the expectations placed on women, especially mothers – including the dangers of making art, and being more successful at it than the man in their life.
People rarely speak plainly of birth, and even more rarely spell out the details in positive terms.
A parenting expert shares tips on how to celebrate moms and promote family well-being.
Low birth rates aren’t just a potential economic crisis. They can tell a deeply personal story about women failing to reach their goals for motherhood.
Mothers are smudged out and poorly cloaked beneath drapes in these 19th century portraits. But these photos are not so much relics of shoddy photography than an ode to childhood.
A novel about first-wave feminists cleverly critiques the movement’s privilege. The first fiction from Nakkiah Lui’s imprint highlights uncomfortable truths. And a debut about teen girls is ‘too naive’.
With the pressure of China’s “three-child policy”, many women are motivated to achieve work-life harmony by merging the identities of motherhood and business ownership.
New research shows that women’s earnings are negatively impacted by having children, while men’s aren’t. The effects can be long-lasting and contribute to the gender pay gap.
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea 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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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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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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Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Southampton
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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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 Law, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Swansea University
