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Motherhood is grueling enough, and the contributions that mothers make are important enough, that it is especially frustrating when government policy makes the hard work that moms do even more [...]

For Mother’s Day, here is a look at American moms’ experiences juggling work and parenting responsibilities during the COVID-19 outbreak. [Katherine Schaeffer – Pew Research  Center, 6 [...]

A mother should be able to live the best of both the worlds – a successful career and a happy family. [Zarafshan Shiraz – The Hindustan Time, 3 March 2022.] READ MORE

The recession shadowing the COVID-19 pandemic has been frequently characterized as a “shecession”, but it might more accurately be called a “momcession”.  

How much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among parents of young children, and mothers specifically? [Jason Furman, [...]

The recession shadowing the COVID-19 pandemic has been frequently characterised as a “shecession,” implying disproportionately negative effects for women. Yet the crisis might more accurately be [...]

While pregnancy anaemia is a risk factor for anaemia during childhood, evidence for an increased risk of infectious diseases or early childhood development delays was not found. [Esther [...]

The purpose of this study was to examine how people in Canada who gave birth during the pandemic were affected by policies aimed at limiting interpersonal contact to reduce SARS-CoV-2 [...]

Although the potential indirect effects of interventions on mothers and other household members are generally acknowledged, few studies explicitly quantify outcomes related to labor market [...]

This year, as the COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures drastically change everyday life, moms and all caregivers have taken on tremendous added burdens. They often continue to work either [...]