Rebecca Wallersteiner visits The Mother & The Weaver, an intimate new exhibition opening at the Foundling Museum (22 September to 2023 to 18th February 2024, that explores the extraordinary, multi-faceted experience of motherhood and the ties that bind. The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider my […]
Menopause comes as a shock for nearly a third of people who experience early onset menopause caused by cancer treatment. “I didn’t realise the menopause would be harder than my cancer treatment.” Alice, 41 New research, carried out by cancer support charity Maggie’s, shows that 30% of people diagnosed with cancer weren’t aware that their […]
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Research company Perspectus Global and Comms Agency DAPS have collaborated on a newly released White Paper, reflecting on menopause in the workplace in 2023, celebrating and observing midlife women from different cultures and observing the benefits they bring to an organisation. The White Paper includes comments from a range of experts, as well as brand […]
The Royal College of Midwives is warning that vital perinatal mental health support is on the precipice, as it launches a new ‘roadmap’ to ensure women receive the support they need and to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. ‘Strengthening perinatal mental health’ makes for sobering reading. One in five women will experience […]
Coventry University expert helps inform political thinking on LGBT+ mental health. A Coventry University expert has called for better training of psychologists in LGBT+ mental health as he joined an event designed to inform the Labour Party’s approach to the issue. Dr Adam Jowett, Associate Head of School at Coventry University’s School of Psychological, Social […]
Women and girls bear brunt of water and sanitation crisis – new UNICEF-WHO report: Women and girls responsible for fetching water in 7 out of 10 households without supplies on premises, according to first in-depth analysis of gender inequalities in drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in households. Globally, women are most likely to be […]
In the UK, more aspiring parents choose to establish a family on their own. High costs lead many to receive fertility treatments abroad. Harriet is one of them, and she got pregnant with the help of a Danish fertility clinic. Busy weekdays can be a barrier to meeting the one you want to start a […]
Every menopause matters: New research reveals inequality in menopause support with 51 per cent of women from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds saying that current advice is not representative and too focussed on the experience of white women. A quarter of women (26 per cent) from minority ethnic communities say they find it difficult […]
Hope and female choice at the heart of a striking Fertility Trends 2021 report, but too many fertility patients are paying for their own medical care; says UK’s national fertility charity, Fertility Network UK, in response to the HFEA’s 2021 Fertility Trends report. Dr Catherine Hill, interim chief executive of Fertility Network UK, said: ‘Hope […]
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5 Tips for Practitioners to Make Pap Smear Tests More Comfortable: A pap smear test, also known as a cervical screening test, is performed to detect the presence of abnormal tissue or cells in your cervix. This test can be crucial in identifying early signs of cervical cancer, enabling timely intervention and treatment. The procedure […]
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