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Maggie is a Big Issue Changemaker, but we have no funding…
This week I was honoured to be included in The Big Issue’s national 100 Changemakers 2024 list, for my work with the charity project I founded, Mothers Uncovered. We empower
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The Universal Credit campaign
Maggie, founder of Mothers Uncovered, set up a petition in April, when she heard there were changes planned for universal credit in the autumn. Parents were formerly required to work 16
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The mental health of mothers is a serious business
In the UK, suicide is the leading cause of direct deaths 6 weeks to a year after the end of pregnancy. In 2020, women were three times more likely to die
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If matrescence were given as much significance as adolescence…
Guest post Mumsnet When I gave birth to my first child in 2004 I remember feeling like I wasn’t in the room, but stuck in a big tunnel, cocooned from
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Barbie: A Pregnant Pause
I enjoyed Barbie a lot; some sharp gags, pacy, well-acted, gorgeous to look at and managing to tread a delicate line between rallying for female empowerment and detailing how patriarchy