• (M)otherhood and Choice, with Pragya Agarwal

  • Oct 12 2021
  • Length: 43 mins
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(M)otherhood and Choice, with Pragya Agarwal

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  • What does it mean to contemplate 'motherhood' in a world that values some bodies - and some decisions - over others?  Behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal tells Alice Bloch about her experiences as a woman of South Asian heritage - from abortion, to pregnancy, to surrogacy - and the social, historical and scientific factors that shape how we talk about motherhood. How have women been controlled and contained through history? And how does that continue, worldwide, today? 
     
    A candid conversation about maternity and reproductive justice, asking what motherhood means in a world of inequality, prejudice and control.

    Hosts:     Alice Bloch and Samira Shackle
    Exec Producer: Alice Bloch
    Sound Engineer: David Crackles
    Music: Danosongs
    Image artwork: Ed Dingli
     
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    Reading list:

    '    (M)otherhood: On the Choices of Being a Woman' (2021) Pragya Agarwal

    Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias (2020) Pragya Agarwal

    Alice Bloch, Review of 'Childless Voices' by Lorna Gibb (2019) New Humanist Magazine 
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