Jeanne Faulkner

The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion Has Arrived

Jeanne Faulkner — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:54:41 +0000

After much dedication and work I am pleased to announce the arrival of a book I coauthored. The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion can be found here.

Every Mother Counts

Jeanne Faulkner — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:34:22 +0000

I’m writing for my favorite organization – Every Mother Counts, a global maternal health advocacy organization. Check out some of my articles and the work we do to help mothers around the world.

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The Dark Side of the Family_ Why Domestic Violence Increases During the Holidays and Pregnancies

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MIN-Online Best of the Web Best Blog 2012

Jeanne Faulkner — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:55:34 +0000

Niger: Food Crisis or Ground Floor Opportunity

Jeanne Faulkner — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:49:32 +0000

Huffington Post Niger: Food Crisis or Ground Floor Opportunity

Ask a woman when she was hungriest, she might say when she was pregnant or breastfeeding. Ask a man and he might remember being a teenager, growing several inches a year. If you ask me, it was when I was driving home from work, pregnant with my first baby.

It’s All About the Wedding: How Preventing Child Marriage Can Help Eradicate Poverty

Jeanne Faulkner — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:15:07 +0000

Despite her obsession with My Fair Wedding, when my daughter turns 12 next month she’ll have a birthday cake and a slumber party, not a wedding cake and marriage. As an American girl, she’s lucky to grow up in a culture where girls can choose who and when they’ll marry, that values women’s contributions to the workplace and society; where motherhood is something a girl can aspire to (or not) when she’s ready, not while she’s still a child herself.

Little girls getting married sounds like a reality TV mash up of Toddlers & Tiaras meets Housewives of the Developing World. Unfortunately, it’s reality for 25,000 child brides (and grooms, but mostly brides) who get married every day. In the developing world, one in three girls under the age of 18 is married, one in seven is under 15 and it’s not uncommon for 10 year-olds to marry men three times their age…Continue reading this Huffington Post article (Click Here)

Jeanne Faulkner

Jeanne Faulkner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:32:09 +0000

As a writer, I offer in depth coverage of issues effecting our lifestyles from health and family life to politics, fitness, food and more. I add a reassuring slant that takes the focus off fear-based journalism, a global perspective to expand our view on universal issues and humor to take the edge off serious subjects. My goal is to educate, inform and entertain my readers with stories that impact their lives and show them how their lives impact others. If they have a little fun along with that, all the better.