Abbi Marper is too shy to speak above a whisper, but she wants to be a policewoman or a nurse. Her friend Becky Billing is studying to be a plumber. Charlotte Wilson, the most chatty of the group, is having a problem narrowing her options. “I want to be a firefighter, but I also want to be a paramedic and a midwife,” she says. “The trouble is, there’s just too much choice.”
womenResearch reveals threefold rise in women claiming incapacity benefitWednesday, January 13th, 2010The 10 years that Anna Rayner spent on incap acity benefit (IB) passed in a haze. Signed off work by her doctor after a nervous breakdown, she was under no pressure to think about returning to employment, and she says she felt her self-confidence shrivelling away. Great expectationsWednesday, September 30th, 2009A healthy mind may mean a healthy body, but safeguarding our emotional health can still come low down on our list of priorities. Johanna Payton investigates Welfare reforms improve quality of life for single mothers and their childrenWednesday, August 26th, 2009An article about a study that shows the positive benefits that some welfare reforms have had on single mother’s and their children’s mental health Single mothers are more likely to be employed, to enjoy greater financial security and to have improved mental health, thanks to a decade of government reforms, according to new research from the University’s Centre for Market and Public Organisation. The research also indicates that their children (aged 11-15) are happier, have greater self-esteem and enjoy better relationships with their mothers. It also shows large and significant declines in truanting, smoking and in the intention to leave school at the age of 16 among the same age group.
Recession Affecting Women’s HealthTuesday, August 25th, 2009An article about the effect that the recession is having on women’s mental health Sure, we’re worried about the economy, but just how much of an impact is it having on women’s health? Actually, quite a lot, according to some new polls. One — a Gallup survey of 1,031 women ages 18 to 44 conducted for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists — suggests that a growing number of us are putting off having babies and have become more careful about taking our birth control pills. One in five women says she’s more worried today about having an unintended pregnancy than she was a year ago; a full 17 percent of married women say they’ve put off plans to have a baby as a result of the economy.
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