The Other Half

Mothers Anothers

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This is a new series of interviews from the Other Half where we explore the reality and politics of motherhood and care. #feminism #carefeminism #motherhood

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Mothers Anothers Ep 2 Breastfeeding and Returning to Work: WORKFEED study authors on what mums, HR and bosses need to know 25.09.2025

Women already worry about breastfeeding and returning to work just after they have their baby. Prof Sarah Jewell and Sally Rickard – a breastfeeding expert who works with women in South London talk about what mums and employers need to know, how to approach conversations, and where to look in their WORKFEED project for all the policy and information you need. Sarah and Sally reveal that: 80% of pe...

Mothers Anothers Ep1. Prof Alison Wolf, on the new world of working women 22.05.2025 0:29

Show Notes - we cover: The end of sisterhood and the development of two classes of women. the top 15-20%: a mobile, educated, independent, ‘equality’ seeking group, and the rest, who are less educated, more likely to have had at least one child, do not live to work and may work in female-coded employment like nursing or teaching. Some of these women fulfil the lower status roles in “the new servan...