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Les soins psychiques pour les jeunes mères migrantes, primo-arrivantes et souffrant de problématiques multiples (isolement social, précarités, traumas complexes, deuils, et état dépressif majeur) représentent un véritable défi pour les professionnels du soin. Cette clinique nécessite d'intégrer une compréhension des différentes vulnérabilités liées au parcours migratoire traumatique, aux ruptures sociales et culturelles, à la précarité et aux difficultés du processus de maternité dans un tel contexte. L'objectif de cet article est de montrer l'intérêt du paradigme de la clinique transculturelle pour mieux penser l'articulation des problématiques rencontrées et proposer des soins psychiques adaptés. Nous présentons un dispositif de soin inspiré de l'approche transculturelle en illustrant avec deux suivis cliniques paradigmatiques. Nous discutons ensuite trois dimensions de ce dispositif, qui nous semblent constituer des leviers thérapeutiques essentiels : la fonction étayante du collectif, le soutien aux compétences maternelles et aux compétences narratives. Nous insistons pour conclure sur l'intérêt de travailler sur les compétences maternelles et narratives pour aider ces femmes dans leur processus d'adaptation et d'amélioration afin d'appréhender un avenir meilleur pour elles et leurs enfants. The psychological treatment of young, recently migrated mothers who are suffering from multiple problems (social isolation, precariousness, complex traumas, bereavement, and major depression) represents a real challenge for mental health care professionals. This clinical undertaking requires an understanding of the various vulnerabilities associated with traumatic migratory journeys, social and cultural ruptures, precariousness, and the difficulties of giving birth to a child in such a context. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the interest in a transcultural clinical paradigm in order to better take into account the articulation of the problems encountered and to propose appropriate psychological care adapted to these cases. We present a protocol of treatment inspired by the transcultural approach which we have illustrated with two paradigmatic clinical follow-ups. We discuss the three dimensions of this system, which we believe to be essential therapeutic levers: the supportive function of the collective, the support provided to improve maternal competency, and narrative skills. We have determined that by stressing the importance of working on developing maternal and narrative skills. We can help these women in their process of adaptation and improvement so that they can build a better future for themselves and their children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Cet article vise à étudier les changements psychiques durant la maternité chez des femmes primipares dénuées de troubles psychiques et organiques et à mettre en perspective les remaniements lors du processus de maternité avec un fonctionnement psychique de type limite. Cet écrit prend appui sur les données longitudinales recueillies à l'aide de l'épreuve de Rorschach. Deux cas cliniques révélateurs de cette dynamique processuelle seront analysés et discutés. L'analyse des protocoles de Rorschach de deux femmes aux capacités d'élaboration psychique différentes permet de constater un vécu d'effraction des limites lié à la précarisation des enveloppes psychiques entre huit mois de grossesse et un mois post-partum puis un renforcement de certains mécanismes défensifs post-accouchement afin de pallier l'état de désorganisation lié aux processus de la maternité. L'analyse de ces données permettra d'observer des modalités d'aménagements psychiques spécifiques au processus de maternité ainsi que des remaniements, proches d'une « catastrophe de symbolisation ». Les dispositions psychiques des femmes durant la maternité permettent de déceler des aménagements limites du fonctionnement psychique durant cette période. This article aims to study the psychic changes during maternity in primiparous women without psychic and organic disorders and to put into perspective the reorganizations during the maternity process in patients with a borderline psychic functioning. This paper is based on longitudinal data collected with the Rorschach test. Two clinical cases revealing this processual dynamic will be analyzed and discussed. The analysis of Rorschach protocols of two women with different psychic elaboration capacities reveals an experience of boundary invasions linked to the precariousness of psychic envelopes between the end of pregnancy and the beginning of postpartum, followed by a reinforcement of certain defensive mechanisms post-delivery in order to compensate for the state of disorganization linked to the processes of motherhood. The analysis of these data will allow us to observe modalities of psychic arrangements specific to the maternity process as well as reorganizations, close to a "symbolization catastrophe". The psychic dispositions of women during maternity allow us to detect borderline arrangements of psychic functioning during this period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current article aims to present the woman’s destiny, which was expressed by the poets of French symbolism in the symbols that create the aquatic universe of 19th century, consisting of both female mythological characters and water itself as an element, which has been endowed with characteristics appropriate for mothers. The historical-literary and comparative method permit to present the figure of the mother as a woman’s destiny glorified in the epoch. Its main elements that emerge from the poems are fertility, providing nutrition, peace and safety. In addition, it can be concluded that the poetic image corresponds to the social vision, responding to the needs of the contemporary society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Pregnancy loss (PL) is a complex and potentially traumatic event and is often made socially invisible. The scarcity of studies on psychological aspects related to PL from a male perspective highlights the need to expand understanding of the topic. This study aimed to understand the repercussions and grieving process resulting from a PL, as well as the differences between the experiences of men and women who shared this loss, based on a multiple, qualitative, and cross-sectional case study with three couples. A sociodemographic and Clinical Data Sheet, Brief Symptom Inventory, Perinatal Grief Scale, and an individual interview about the PL experience that occurred in the last 12 months were applied. Data analysis revealed that how the birth was experienced, including the management and care of the teams, can mitigate or complicate the grieving process. The presence of farewell rituals and actions to symbolize the loss, the feeling of the mother/father even in the absence of the child, and the flexibility of the support role between the couple also had an impact on the grieving process. The bodily experience of pregnancy and PL in women proved to be a relevant mark of the female and male experience, both due to the uniqueness of the psychic process it entails and the social understanding of greater female suffering in this situation, which reinforces the importance of giving visibility to pain from both. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects today 0.6 to 0.7% of the world’s population, which makes it one of the most frequent neurodevelopmental disorders in daily practice. Long presented in a pejorative or even deficient mode, the social representation of ASD has evolved considerably over the past 20 years, in particular to the benefit of the concept of neurodiversity and the work of associations supporting these people. In this movement, adults with ASD increasingly allow themselves to choose to become parents (or not) and therefore to engage (or not) in a maternity project. We present here the particularities of the parental experience of women and couples affected by ASD in order to enlighten the care teams and enable them to guide these couples, as well as possible, in their first interactions with their baby. We also aim to avoid any risk of stigmatization or misinterpretation of the quality of mother-baby exchanges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This contribution reflects on the conditions of a deformalized approach to intersubjectivity which would be able to nourish the project of a phenomenological anthropology following a Husserlian inspiration. I first question the architectonic place of the problem of sexual difference within Husserl’s phenomenology, in order to show that it belongs to the thematic field of “generativity”. It is then the meaning of a generative phenomenology that is discussed, in dialogue with the interpreters who have given it particular attention (Steinbock, Perreau). Finally, I look at Husserl’s interest in the genesis of the intersubjective link, focusing on the reference to motherhood which is surprisingly present in his writings. This triple inquiry aims to bring out one of the directions that the undertaking of deformalizing intersubjectivity could follow, leading to a more concrete approach of otherness on the basis of Husserl’s own proposals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The survey on 'the state of public opinion on declining birth rates' conducted in 1942 by the French Foundation for the Study of Human Problems comprised a series of questions on collective beliefs and on attitudes to family policy. Its objective was twofold: to test social representations of large families and childbearing and to assess the scope for adjusting family policy in line with the Vichy regime's objective to strengthen the pronatalist policy of the interwar period and to restore the prestige of large families. This article analyses 69 statements on these issues initially tested by a subgroup of interviewers. The survey sought to gauge public opinion about large families and to identify the beliefs that gave them a poor image. A second set of questions was designed to determine the acceptability of pronatalist policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article demonstrates the connections between motherhood and the feeling of loss experienced by a woman and a mother in Marie Petitcuénot's autobiographical novel, Ce qui gronde (2021). Based on a feminist critical approach, on care theory and on psychoanalytic theories, the study presents how motherhood affects the feminine and maternal identity and examines how Marie Petitcuénot manages to find herself through writing. The impact of motherhood on her life and her feminine/maternal identity is analyzed through her experience of childbirth, the postpartum period and her family daily routine, which affects her the most. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Maternal eroticism is explored as an etiological agent in the birth of psychic freedom. Pre-Oedipal functioning is revealed in an otherwise sophisticated patient, with pseudo maturity concretized in virginity. Themes of pregnancy, early infant care and breastfeeding repeatedly erupt in the analysis with a predominantly erotic transference-countertransference. Waves of abjection in the treatment, culminating in the analyst's pregnancy, are emphasized in the development of independent thought and Oedipal operations. Family of origin impressions convey deadened sexuality in the analysand's mother, consistent with Kristevan theory. In contrast, the analyst's own desire for a baby is explored as an enigmatic signifier and developmental catalyst. Cournut-Janin's description of maternal cathexis of the female child's body is noted in the treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescent motherhood raises questions that are always current and transversal in socio-cultural contexts as South American countries facing birth policies. It expresses a fundamental dimension of sexuality that needs to be analyzed from a clinical and cultural point of view in the educational field. Based on a research experience carried out in Colombia, this article analyzes the psychic, intersubjective and cultural stakes of the relationship to contraception and motherhood during adolescence, in the face of the medical and educational discourse on family planning and, in the background, on the voluntary interruption of pregnancy. Through certain themes, female subjects express themselves in their relationships with others, with parents before sexual partners, defying health and academic knowledge and discourse, in the cultural contexts of socalled "southern" countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to develop one of the findings of the doctoral research "Representations of the body during pregnancy: the experience of the gestating body in primigravidae". The expression "gestating body" is proposed as a concept to name feminine corporal materiality where it takes place, through pregnancy, the dispute between the patriarchal ideals of femininity, women's ego ideal, and the gazes of otherness embodied by other women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cet article présente les premiers résultats d'une recherche sur les modifications de l'attachement en anté- et en post-natal, dans une population de femmes primipares, au sein d'un service de maternité d'un Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire. La maternité, perçue dans notre société comme une source d'épanouissement et de plénitude, résulte de processus psychiques complexes et délicats. Le style d'attachement est considéré comme une donnée constante tout au long de la vie. Nous faisons l'hypothèse de sa variation durant la période périnatale. Pour la mesurer et la comprendre, nous nous appuyons sur la notion de stratégies d'attachement. Sur le plan méthodologique, nous avons mené une étude longitudinale en suivant des mères, primipares, du troisième mois de grossesse jusqu'au sixième mois du post-partum, avec quatre temps de recueil de données. Nous présentons les résultats d'un cas représentatif de notre population étudiée. Grâce à une approche qualitative et quantitative, l'attachement est chaque fois observé de manière clinique à l'aide d'un entretien semi-directif de recherche et mesuré avec l'auto-questionnaire Relationship Scale Questionnaire (RSQ). L'étude de cas choisie illustre cette variation du style d'attachement. L'analyse clinique de ces transformations dans la vie d'une femme devenant mère se traduit par la variation du modèle de soi et des autres au cours de la maternité. Des souffrances présentes dès le début de la grossesse ont pu trouver une voie d'élaboration pour la mère au sein de son entourage. Ce résultat confirme l'importance de soutenir les mères durant la grossesse. This article shows the first results of a research about variations of attachment in ante and postnatal period, carried out on a population of first-time mothers, in a Regional University Hospital Center. Motherhood, perceived in our society as a source of fulfillment, results from complex and delicate psychic processes. The attachment style was first conceived as an individual datum, constant throughout life. However, it could vary. We hypothesize its variation during this period. We also introduce a reflection around concepts of styles and strategies of attachment. We followed first-time mothers from the third month of pregnancy to the sixth month postpartum. We present the results of a case representative of our study population. Attachment is observed in four steps of measurements using a semi-structured research interview that allows for case analysis and Bartholomew's self-administered Relationship Scale Questionnaire (RSQ). We present a case study to accurately reconstruct the transformations of motherhood in the life of a woman. We propose hypotheses on the large variations in the model of self and others during motherhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Résumé : L’objectif principal de ce travail est de montrer que le concept maternité a largement évolué de manière générale et particulièrement en Afrique. Le mot maternité évolue dans le temps et l’espace, il ne se cantonne plus essentiellement à la mission d’enfantement dévolue aux femmes. D’un point de vue traditionnel et anthropologique, ce concept se distingue selon les modes de filiations (patrilinéaire, matrilinéaire). L’on observe en cette période postmoderne certaines réalités surgissent dans la société. Il s’agit de l’avènement de nouvelles réalités que sont : les mère-porteuses, les mères donneuses d’ovocytes, et enfin des femmes qui refusent volontairement d’enfanter.

I offer an intersectional and Islamic ethic of reproductive care that makes visible the unmet care needs of and attends to the epistemic, moral and ontological injuries experienced by Muslim pregnant, birthing and postpartum people in a global pandemic. My feminist-theorizing is enveloped within Islamic stories of maternity. I offer a moral vocabulary of care which advocates for the Islamic right of Muslims to supported caregiving and labours against the violence of maternal separation. A central theme is kin-making, a type of caring labour, by which we house one another in our relations and accept responsibility for one another's care and access needs. In an Islamic sense, kin-making is a kind of access-work, of sensing how our bodies fit and move together in the spaces we hold together. It is a way of making space in our gatherings, of homing, of housing within our relations those who have been dislocated by settler-colonial, heteropatriarchal and ableist violence. I argue that what paves safe passage for Muslims birthing in a pandemic are constellations of care that go beyond the scope of health-care settings and medicalized care. Such webs of care include Allah as doula, radical birthworkers, (grand)mothers, lands and waters, aun-ties and friends and the ancestors that watch over us in Creator's name as we bear life. Such home-making is a way of mobilizing Islamic knowledge to protect the ontological security of Muslims and their right to possess their Muslimness, to think, critique and judge their experiences of reproductive care islamically. Je propose une éthique intersectionnelle et islamique des soins reproductifs, mettant en lumière les besoins non satisfaits en matière de soins, et illustrant les blessures épistémiques, morales et ontologiques subies par les musulmanes enceintes, ayant accouché ou étant en post-partum dans un contexte de pandémie mondiale. Ma théorisation féministe s'inscrit dans les récits islamiques de la maternité. Je propose un « vocabulaire moral » qui défend le droit islamique des musulmans à bénéficier d'un soutien en matière de soins, et qui s'efforce de lutter contre la violence de la séparation maternelle. L'un des thèmes centraux abordé est la création de liens de parenté, un certain type de soins, par lequel nous nous soutenons les uns les autres dans nos relations, et assumons la responsabilité de la prise de soins et de la satisfaction des besoins de chacun. Dans un sens islamique, la parenté est une sorte de travail, qui consiste à sentir comment nos corps s'adaptent et se déplacent ensemble dans les lieux que nous occupons ensemble. C'est une façon de créer de l'espace pour nos rassemblements, d'accueillir, de loger au sein de nos relations ceux qui ont été brisés par la violence coloniale, hétéro-patriarcale et discriminatoire à l'égard des personnes en situation de handicap. Je soutiens que les soins qui dépassent le cadre des établissements de santé et de la médicalisation offrent un cadre sûr pour les musulmanes accouchant dans le cadre d'une pandémie. Ces réseaux de soins incluent Allah en tant que doula, des accoucheuses radicales, les (grand-)mères, les territoires et les eaux, les tantes et les amis, ainsi que les ancêtres qui veillent sur nous au nom du Créateur lorsque nous portons la vie. Ce type de foyer est une manière de mobiliser le savoir islamique pour protéger la sécurité ontologique des musulmans et leur droit à posséder leur musulmanité, à penser, critiquer et juger leurs expériences de soins reproductifs de manière islamique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In France, teenage pregnancy has remained a relatively moderate and stable phenomenon for several decades. Public discourse on young people's sexuality and the issue of teenage pregnancies focuses overwhelmingly on two themes: contraception and voluntary termination of pregnancy, leaving in the shadows the reality of the experiences of these young under-age mothers. Thus, one of the major challenges of support in maternity centers is to ensure the coexistence of psychic movements linked to adolescent reorganization and those linked to the birth of motherhood. With this in mind, we have been able to highlight the importance of care structures for these mothers, acting as a substitute family figure for these young people. This support seems to have fostered the creation of more appropriate conditions for the establishment of the first mother-baby bonds in these initially very precarious psychological contexts., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Il s’agit d’un article « Cortica journal club » qui a trois objectifs (1) éclairer les lecteurs sur le vécu d’une mère souffrant de trouble borderline (état limite) ; (2) les retentissements de ce vécu sur le fonctionnement psychique de ses enfants ; (3) lancer un appel à l’aide auprès du réseau de la santé mentale, face à cette problématique. Le cas est détaillé afin de montrer le travail déjà effectué. Les turbulences du lien seront discutéses. Nous proposons une réflexion sur l’importance de soutenir les mères avec un trouble borderline afin qu’elles puissent appréhender leur maternité sereinement. Le but est d’offrir des pistes de réflexion face à nos interrogations.

Intensive mothering ideology emphasizes mothers' sacrifice for their children. Despite the increase in women's social and economic participation, mothers continue to experience conflicts between career and family obligations due to the conventional idea of "good mothers." Do all mothers prioritize their children's needs? This study focuses on whether mothers are willing to sacrifice their happiness and whether such beliefs change over time. We explore the factors contributing to mothers' intention to sacrifice and its change from two theoretical perspectives, rational choice model and linked lives perspective. Using the first three waves of the Panel Study on Korean Children, the findings show that almost half of all mothers are not willing to sacrifice their own happiness for their children at each wave. Both rational choice and linked lives perspectives contribute to explaining mothers' view of sacrifice in the baseline year. The change in mothers' view on sacrifice over time is significantly influenced by a subset of variables including their spouse's positions on sacrifice and social exchange experience with their children (the linked lives perspective), and the emotional values that mothers place on babies (the rational choice model). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on a story of education, mothering, disability and madness, with two aims in mind: * To reveal and to reflect upon the ways in which (m)others of dis/abled children are labelled as, and are made to feel, mad in their encounters with the psy-professions (education, psychology and psychiatry). * To explore the potential of digital storytelling as a method of writing back against dominant oppressive narratives of education, mothering and disability. This paper is written by mothers of adult offspring with disabilities about our experiences of raising our children. We write about our experiences of making a film about being mothers. We explain that we have all been told by professionals that our beliefs about our children and what is best for them are mad--that is, they are unreasonable or not to be trusted. In the paper, we reject this view and argue that our voices should be listened to. We hope that this story telling process can reveal the ways in which discourses of madness are used to oppress (m)others of dis/abled children in encounters in education. We also hope that we can begin to build narratives of resistance so that madness no longer becomes the discourse of choice in encounters between (m)others and practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Individualized, maternalist and marketized discourses of childcare are pervasive in Australia as they are in other liberal welfare states. Responsibility is overwhelmingly placed on mothers to carry out most childcare work themselves or to arrange informal or paid childcare. One of the key tasks for most employed mothers is transporting children alongside their commuting journeys. In this context we used mapping/graphic elicitation interviews with 45 Australian employed mothers to explore their commuting experiences through the lens of emotional geographies. Our findings reveal that mothers' experiences of their commutes were shaped by negotiations with intensive mothering and 'ideal worker' ideologies during this journey resulting in emotions of guilt, shame and stress. The spatial and temporal organization of childcare, and incompatibilities between their commuting transport needs and the organization of public transport and parking, tended to amplify these tensions. Through an emotional geographies lens we complicate linear understandings of commuting and mainstream transport and planning work, while calling for more attention to the affective and relational dimensions of mothers' everyday geographies of care and paid work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper documents trends in and examines determinants of stay-at-home motherhood in urban China from 1982 to 2015. China once had the world's leading female labor force participation rate. Since the economic reforms starting from the early 1980s, however, some mothers have been withdrawing from the labor force due to diminished state support, a rise in intensive parenting, and heightened work-family conflicts. Based on data from the 1982, 1990, and 2000 Chinese censuses, the 2005 mini-census, and the 2006–2015 Chinese General Social Survey, we find mothers' non-employment increased for every educational group and grew at a much faster rate among mothers than it did among fathers, particularly those with small children. Moreover, the negative relationships between mothers' education and non-employment, and between mothers' family income and non-employment weakened overtime. This is possibly due to women with more established resources can better "afford" the single-earner arrangement and also more emphasize the importance of intensive parenting, than their less resourced counterparts. These findings signal the resurgence of a gendered division of labor in urban China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Around 1930 in Buenos Aires, physicians and lawyers began asking why children were committing crimes as part of a penal agenda revealed in publications such as the Revista de Psiquiatría, Criminología y Medicina Legal and the Anales de la Sociedad Argentina de Criminología from 1930 to 1946. Emerging from this discourse, conceived as a social practice, was an approach to the dangerous nature of childhood, linked to biological qualities, environmental factors and issues related to family and gender which were flagged as a precursor to crime. Advances in endocrinology, criminal biotypology, and psychiatry were resumed, with these subjects also addressed at the First International Congress on Criminology in Rome and the First Latin American Congress on Criminology in Buenos Aires, both held in 1938. A qualitative analysis of the discourse reveals a blend of the incidence of the biological and the social in the dangerous nature of childhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work arises from the association created between the work of the artist Louise Bourgeois and psychoanalytic theory, intending to produce a space capable of historicizing the places occupied by women in society and their relations with the feminine. Louise Bourgeois was a precursor of feminist art in the 70s in New York and for being one of the first artists to raise the theme of the feminine and motherhood through her art. Through an essayistic methodological perspective, three works by the artist were listed for this study: Femme Maison, Arch of Hysteria, and Maman, from which it became possible to think about the social changes that imprinted transformations in the position of the feminine concerning phallic logic. The analysis of the three works made it possible to follow the displacements of the feminine - from the woman-house to the woman-spider in juxtaposition to the discursive transformations that occurred from the weakening of religious knowledge to the rise of scientific discourse, which was crossed by the irruption of psychoanalytic theory. If before the woman was restricted to the home sphere, now she starts to occupy and have to take care of several places and functions and, therefore, ends up being captured by the illusion of self-sufficiency, supported by science and represented in this study from the Maman, which gives the woman the form of an arachnid. The contribution of this work, therefore, comprises the possibility of thinking critically, based on psychoanalytic theory and art, about the illusion of self-sufficiency caused by scientific discourses as the contemporary manifestation of the female conflict of dealing with the lack. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the beginning of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic created, on a global scale, profound impacts on the way people live. Work relationships were drastically and suddenly changed, with the adoption of teleworking being one of the most common solutions. This new scenario implied professional and family adjustments, in addition to causing psychic wear and tear. The present study aimed to understand the experiences of 10 working women mothers of children between zero and six years old who worked in alternative forms of work. The method used was qualitative phenomenological and, from individual dialogic encounters, comprehensive narratives were elaborated and later compiled into a synthesis narrative with results analyzed from the Demand-Resources Model (JD-R). The structural elements of the phenomena identified were: a) focus on personal or professional life; b) isolation and overload; and c) engagement x exhaustion. It was possible to verify that working women who are mothers of young children face difficulties maintaining emotional balance and quality of life. Experiences of overload derived from the multiplicity of roles, as well as the perception of restrictions for career advancement, were also detected. Having a structured support network and with the effective participation of other actors is seen in a positive way when it occurs, but, unfortunately, the feasibility of these resources still only occurs through the organization of the women themselves. Because of these results, the importance of more effective social and organizational policies is highlighted for the favorable working conditions promotion, as well as the valorization of flexible modalities of bonding with work and social awareness regarding gender inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyzes the experience of Palestinian mothers in Israel participating in a non-mandatory welfare-to-work program. The goal is to explore the perceptions of these women and their trainers about the ways the program helps enhance the mothers' social capital. The study is based on in-depth interviews of 30 mothers and three trainers who participated in the program. The findings expose a range of mothers' voices. The three main ones are: encouraging empowerment more than Work First; encouraging 'maternal' jobs; and encouraging partnership and group cohesion. The combined voices of participants and trainers deepen the significance of these findings, as the latter play a meaningful role in enhancing the social capital and networking capabilities of the former, who suffer from multiple sources of exclusion, including a vulnerable ethno-national status, poverty, low income and gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cet article fait appel à la sociologie interactionniste pour explorer les biographies et les carrières morales de deux anciennes zhiqing devenues, aux alentours de 2007, deux figures maternelles célèbres dans une blogosphère tongzhi dynamique. Leur rencontre avec de jeunes tongzhi a été à l'origine d'un mouvement de mobilisation de parents d'enfants à la sexualité considérée comme non conforme en Chine. En ancrant le militantisme tongzhi dans l'histoire de la Chine contemporaine et en reconstruisant deux processus parallèles du devenir militant, cet article cherche à mieux comprendre comment l'agentivité politique a vu le jour dans un contexte autoritaire tout en appelant à étudier les pratiques militantes comme des activités historicisées en quête de sens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Les avantages de l'allaitement maternel sur la santé des nourrissons sont établis par de nombreuses études scientifiques. Cependant, les mères qui choisissent des alternatives à l'allaitement maternel exclusif peuvent vivre des sentiments de culpabilité et d'échec. Cet enjeu soulève l'importance de comprendre le vécu de ces mères afin d'harmoniser des soins et des accompagnements qui visent l'autonomisation. Cette recherche qualitative présente l'analyse situationnelle des parcours de neuf mères qui ont opté pour des alternatives à l'allaitement maternel exclusif. Les résultats obtenus avec le support d'entrevues semi-dirigées décrivent les processus décisionnels du choix alternatif à l'allaitement, situent ce choix à travers un ensemble de soins favorable à l'allaitement et positionne ce choix au regard la norme sociale de l'allaitement. La discussion présente les différentes normes reliées à l'allaitement et les processus de négociation vécus par les mères à cet égard. Ces négociations s'exécutent par le rapport au corps, par l'intrication des normes sociales et professionnelles associées aux pratiques d'allaitement et par les injonctions relatives à la « bonne » maternité. Les recommandations soulèvent l'importance d'une approche centrée sur l'autonomie des mères. Context The benefits of breastfeeding on the health of infants have been established by numerous scientific studies. However, mothers who choose alternatives to exclusive breastfeeding may experience feelings of guilt and failure. This issue raises the importance of understanding the experiences of these mothers in order to harmonize care and support aimed at empowerment. This qualitative research presents the situational analysis of the pathways of nine mothers who have opted for alternatives to exclusive breastfeeding. The results obtained with the support of semi-structured interviews describe the decision-making processes of the alternative choice to breastfeeding, situate this choice through an apparatus of care favorable to breastfeeding and position this choice with regard to the social norm of breastfeeding. The discussion presents the different norms related to breastfeeding and the negotiation processes experienced by mothers in this regard. These negotiations are carried out through relation to the body, by the entanglement of social and professional standards associated with breastfeeding practices and by injunctions relating to "good" motherhood. The recommendations highlight the importance of an approach centered on the empowerment of mothers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This project is a way of improving the quality of working life for female professionals during their pregnancy, with shared benefits for the agent and the team. But it's also a lever of attractiveness for caregivers and a guarantee of quality for users., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Quality of parenting plays a critical role in human development and well-being across the lifespan. Concurrently, the quality of parenting is underpinned by the dominant parenting ideas and practices that prevail in a specific socio-cultural context at a specific time. These ideas and practices may, therefore, vary over different social contexts, as well as over time. South Africa has a history of patriarchal family structures characterised by authoritarian parenting practises across its diverse population groups. Since the end of apartheid, however, South African society has been undergoing rapid changes that has impacted parenting structures and ideas. Currently, little is known about how these changes have affected contemporary young South Africans' parenting constructions, specifically higher socio-economic groups that are more likely to take up contemporary ideas. To address this knowledge gap, this study adopted a feminist social constructionist framework and explored the parenting constructions of a group of tertiary-educated prospective parents. We conducted in-depth interviews with 21 postgraduate university students and used an inductive thematic analysis method to analyse the interview data. The results indicate that the prospective parents in this study adhered to authoritative parenting principles, distanced themselves from traditional gendered parent roles, and aspired to equal parenting roles in their own parenting. However, parallel to these signs of modern parenting ideas is the maintenance of traditional parenting notions such as innate differences between male and female parents, heterosexual parenting units as ideal for children, superiority and primacy of biological children, and associating parenthood with ultimate life fulfilment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following article presents statements by pregnant or breastfeeding women to have been through custody hearings and criminal proceedings while released on bail, illustrating institutional responses to prenatal, childbirth, and post-natal care outside the prison environment. The aim was to document the possibilities for and difficulties of applying release measures, according to the women's own narratives of violence. The qualitative research is based on an analysis of content and is organized according to thematic modules with an exploration of the material collected in interviews and field data. Several obstacles faced in the empirical study have been highlighted, as have the experiences of the women inside and outside the prisons, in terms of the exercise of motherhood, life with the child, the lack of state assistance, and the consequences of the imprisonment. The report from mothers to have been released on bail or placed under house arrest due to pregnancy demonstrates adequate pre-natal care and the children's healthy development, although difficulties were still experienced during childbirth. The adoption of measures to release the women allowed for better access to healthcare, in line with the human right to safe motherhood. The satisfaction of being able to care for their children and live alongside family stood out as a positive factor. Situations of institutional violence still persist, given the insufficiency or absence of state protection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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