The Fifth Wave Institute

Why I left midwifery

And how I have found another way to be ‘with woman’

Jan 14 • Mélina Magdelénat and Rebecca Mack ☕

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The community model transforming social protection in Cambodia

It really does take a village to protect a child

Jan 8 • Bethany Hansel

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December 2025

Are today’s dads feminist?

And if not, what’s stopping them? | Interview with sociologists Marine Quennehen and Myriam Chatot.

Dec 18, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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"Without otherness, there can be no relationship"

An interview with philosopher Christine Leroy

Dec 10, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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Latin America’s care revolution

Countries across the region are betting big on building a ‘care society’

Dec 3, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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November 2025

How Nepal made mothers the backbone of its health system

An interview with Prof. Dr. Rita Thapa

Nov 19, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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Birth, revisited: the power of reproductive justice

A conversation with Eva-Luna Tholance

Nov 7, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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October 2025

Transforming perinatal care for migrant women

A conversation with Rubi Rodriguez Nieto

Oct 22, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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“It wasn’t a baby”: The many meanings of pregnancy loss

Susie Kilshaw’s anthropological research is fixing unintended gaps in miscarriage care

Oct 2, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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September 2025

Pensions for Housework

A twist on a half-century-old campaign

Sep 11, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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Overcoming the institutional paradox of care

Why formal care structures are so flawed, why we need them anyway, and some inspiring strategies to build better ones

Sep 3, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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July 2025

A French lesson in paternity leave

Breaking news, care policies that don't see care as work... don't work

Jul 23, 2025 • Mélina Magdelénat

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