Virtual, Augmented, Mixed, and Immersive Technologies for Prenatal and Childbirth Education: Scoping Review. [PDF]
Pardini S +2 more
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Exploring the leaky pipeline: Tokenism, status group effects, or self‐selection?
Abstract In most European universities today, more than 50% of bachelor's degrees are awarded to women, but the corresponding share of full professorships is only about 25%. This phenomenon is called the leaky pipeline. Most explanations refer to gender biases and stereotypes, motherhood, discrimination, and tokenism.
Margit Osterloh, Katja Rost
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Where Women Give Birth Is Changing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence From 30 Countries Using DHS Data. [PDF]
Bawuah A, Sarfo M, Biney G, Yaya S.
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Stuck in the Waiting Room: An Analytical Essay Exploring Infertility at Work
ABSTRACT In this analytical essay, we use our embodied career experiences to explore infertility at work, placing our “infertile body” at the center of analysis. We consider the ways in which infertility has impacted our identities, careers, and timelines.
Nicola Lawrence‐Thomas, Rose Shepherd
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Understanding and engaging with vocalisations during labour and birth: A qualitative interview study of midwives' experiences and approaches. [PDF]
Zinsser LA, Stone NI.
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Mother, Musician, Performer: Living the Impossible?
ABSTRACT This article draws on 19 qualitative in‐depth interviews with classically trained musicians in Australia and the UK, who have an active performing career and identify as mothers. Building on pioneering research on motherhood, work, and leadership in the creative industries, this article explores how mothers navigate the challenges of a ...
Sally Savage, Christina Scharff
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Maternal positions adopted during the expulsive second stage of labour in homebirth: a cross-sectional study in a rural Northern Nigerian community. [PDF]
Ashimi AO, Sunusi UU, Ibrahim HM.
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ABSTRACT Although there is extensive research on invisible work and its relation to labor market performance, understanding this phenomenon from the perspective of women in multiple hierarchical positions in the Middle East remains limited. This study integrates a situated intersectionality perspective with the literature on invisible work mechanisms ...
Maha Sabbah‐Karkabi, Amit Kaplan
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Perspectives From Leaders in the Black Community on the Black Maternal Health Crisis: A Qualitative Landscape Analysis. [PDF]
Felix K +4 more
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the positioning of elite Black African women in extractive labor spaces, arguing that their experiences are shaped by interrelated feminist concepts of care, time, experience, equality, and difference. Using an African feminist theoretical framework, the study recenters African epistemologies of work and embodiment to ...
Nerea Amisi Okong'o
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