The cruelty of maternity care has been exposed. Though the history is just as bloody and oppressive, it’s also full of women ...

A child's early story begins long before assessment. Understanding that context can transform how clinicians and families ...

Tafadzwa Meki is redefining nation-building by focusing on the womb. As a perinatal psychologist and founder of Salt Africa, Meki is breaking the silence surrounding maternal mental health in Zimbabwe ...

One of the birthplaces of American music is Congo Square in New Orleans, where enslaved people gathered to sing, dance, drum, and preserve their traditions.

Donna Ockenden’s report into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust found that more than 500 ...

Homicide is one of the leading causes of death in pregnancy in the United States. During pregnancy and the weeks just after birth, a woman is more than twice as likely to be murdered as she is to die ...

It contains several other long-overdue reforms - from improving disease surveillance, to updating mental health laws - but it's the progressive measures outlined in chapter 48 on sexual and ...

Kenya has one of the highest abortion rates in the world, yet US and religious pressure means the government is afraid of ...

For some mothers, the placenta has deep cultural meaning. Asking about it during pregnancy could prevent avoidable distress.

Every year on 16 June, readers around the world celebrate Bloomsday, the annual commemoration of Irish writer James Joyce’s ...