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Lucky Boy

The novel ‘Lucky Boy’ and a timely story of immigration and motherhood

Books

Shanthi Sekaran’s novel, a Global Nation Book Club pick, delves into privilege, motherhood and immigration, legal and not.

Ilwad Elman and her mother Fartuun Adan created the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu.

A Mogadishu-based mother and daughter team say youth can be brought back from religious extremism

Conflict
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Harvard study finds that daughters of working mothers earn more money

Lifestyle
The World

How ‘secret mothers’ make childbirth safer

Health & Medicine

In South Korea, activists try to support single mothers

Single Mothers and the Challenges of Work-Life Balance

All week, The Takeaway has discussed the changing workplace, and the challenges many parents face balancing work and family. Single mothers are often left out of the media’s discussion of work-life balance, yet as Anne Desjardins explains,  they often face the most difficulties when it comes to juggling career and family.   Desjardins is a hotel revenue […]

The World

Single Mothers in South Korea

Global Politics

Single Mothers day in South Korea is a day that’s getting support from adoptees who’ve moved back to Korea. They’d like to see single motherhood become more acceptable there so that unwed mothers feel less pressure to put their babies up for adoption.

The World

When Is a Woman Too Old to Have Children?

Environment

This week’s family segment will explore the issue of starting a family later in life. Joining The Takeaway are Lisa Belkin, who wrote about the issue in a The New York Times blog, and journalist Karen Day, a 56-year-old mother of a three-year-old.