Motherhood

Senator Tammy Duckworth carries her daughter Abigail during a mock swearing-in with US Vice President Joe Biden during the opening day of the 115th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Jan. 3, 2017.

Women on the 2018 ballot are busting perceptions of motherhood and leadership

Leaders

What does this acknowledgment of motherhood tell us about US politics today?

Traditional Women’s Music from Ghana album cover

A Mother’s Day to end all wars

Future Folk
Lucky Boy

The novel ‘Lucky Boy’ and a timely story of immigration and motherhood

Books
working mom india

Harvard study finds that daughters of working mothers earn more money

Lifestyle
Kate Mitchell undergoes a cesarean section

Why are Cesarean sections so common when most agree they shouldn’t be?

Health & Medicine
The World

Do men really suffer from postpartum depression?

Health & Medicine

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study stating that approximately ten percent of new dads experience postpartum depression. We speak with the author behind that study and a man who has experienced the condition.

Ana María Bolege, nine months pregnant in Peru

Video: Peru creates a special place for expectant mothers to wait — and wait

Health & Medicine

In rural Peru, women are encouraged to spend their last weeks of pregnancy in special residential facilities that offer comfort and care. But the waiting remains difficult.

In South Korea, activists try to support single mothers

While Americans were celebrating their mothers and grandmothers and other important women this weekend, South Koreans were celebrating single mothers. It’s a big deal in a country where single mothers are encouraged to abort their babies or put them up for adoption, for fear of shaming their families.

The Definition of Marriage Is Shifting in the U.S.

It might surprise you to learn that today, 48 percent of first-time mothers are unmarried. This figure is not about a rise in teen pregnancy, though. It’s about a different demographic shift. The children of teen moms make up only 23 percent of all unmarried births. Sixty percent of the women having their first child […]

Single Mothers and the Challenges of Work-Life Balance

All week, The Takeaway has discussed the changing workplace, and the challenges many parents face balancing work and family. Single mothers are often left out of the media’s discussion of work-life balance, yet as Anne Desjardins explains,  they often face the most difficulties when it comes to juggling career and family.   Desjardins is a hotel revenue […]