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Teenagers, unmarried women and migrants are among those missing out on antenatal care in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, according to new Australian research.
Why is it all about mom? Fathers want to be more involved in their children's lives, but are limited by public policy and social institutions. This is a bad deal for dads, kids and moms alike.
A controversial policy could make women prove they were raped before they can get benefits is set to come into effect despite a wide coalition of opponents.
A new £5m scheme to help women back to work after having children is welcome, but it's a drop in the ocean.
The clinical committee reviewing obstetrics services for the federal government's Medicare review said suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia. Is that true?
Separating couples who use the family law system generally have a positive experience - but for a troubled minority, there is still much work to be done.
What are we really talking about when we criticize women who breastfeed in public?
Emotional competence can help children do better at school.
Mothering Sunday comes just once a year, but mum's help build the landscape of politics all year long.
Supporting new mothers to make weekly "time for themselves" in the first six months after giving birth may reduce the prevalence of postnatal depression.
Some countries make it easier than others for women to have a family and keep on working.
How successful a mother or career scientist one can become depends on how one's available time is divided between the two activities.
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
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Hannah Dahlen is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Research Director, Health, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Richard Gunderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, Foundation Director, Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, Flinders University
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Senior Principal Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Lecturer, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DST-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute and Future Africa, University of Pretoria
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Founder at Look-Sci: Helping Academics Promote Research
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Professor in Food Security; Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
