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Pages tagged "COVID-19"


Lockdowns and interruptions exacerbate eating disorders

Posted on News · February 01, 2022 3:37 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause uncertainty for many people’s lives, with disruptions to school, work and continued anxiety over further lockdowns.

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Stillborn babies are ‘the collateral damage of the pandemic’

Posted on News · October 22, 2021 4:05 PM

According to new research, Melbourne mothers were more likely to have a preterm stillbirth during lockdowns than they were in the previous two years.

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Surrogate mothers left feeling “like vessels”

Posted on News · October 07, 2021 11:05 AM

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the impacts of surrogacy on both the women carrying the babies and the babies born to them as a result. In Australia, the numbers of surrogate births each year are estimated to be around 120, with more than 200 surrogate births to Australians abroad.

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The ‘shadow pandemic of violence’ during NSW lockdown

Posted on News · July 30, 2021 4:23 PM

Demand for domestic violence services has increased during the latest Covid-19 lockdown in New South Wales, with providers saying they have received fifty percent more calls from women with children seeking support, as well as more men calling for help, seeking support to stop themselves from harming their own family.

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Blood clots, vaccines and the contraceptive pill

Posted on News · April 16, 2021 3:25 PM

The serious complications that can arise from the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (including life-threatening clotting) has resulted in the government advising people under the age of fifty years not to take it and to instead take a different strain.

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Why have over 900 women and girls gone missing in Peru since coronavirus lockdowns began?

Posted on News · July 31, 2020 3:16 PM

By Rachael Wong

With more than 400,000 coronavirus cases and 18,816 deaths, Peru is the third-hardest hit country in Latin America behind Brazil and Mexico. And the pandemic has had particularly alarming consequences for the country’s women.

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Police warn of surge in online child exploitation during new coronavirus lockdowns

Posted on News · July 17, 2020 4:10 PM

By Rachael Wong

The Australian Federal Police are warning parents of a potential increase in online child abuse as parts of the country are forced back into coronavirus lockdown.

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Coronavirus and the double danger to sex workers

Posted on News · April 06, 2020 4:42 PM

By Rachael Wong 

‘Coronavirus Fears Are Decimating The Sex Industry’ , ‘Sex Workers Bracing For Income Loss During Coronavirus Pandemic’, ‘Sex Workers Are Facing Increasingly Risky Conditions As The Coronavirus Spreads’.

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