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Below is a selection of Katherine's stories and blogs from different publications:

The Sunday Times

Maybe No Baby. One in five women in their mid-forties are childless. New guidelines improving access to IVF will help, but the real problem is ‘social infertility’.

The Guardian

The rise of social infertility. IVF for women over 40 doesn't address the root of the problem. How can we help people make the most of their fertility?

Easy Living

Egg freezing: money for nothing? Some experts say it's the future of fertility. Others say clinics are preying on the hopes of vulnerable women. Katherine Baldwin (childless, single and 42) sorts the facts form the science fiction. Published in July 2013 issue. Download the PDF by clicking on the following links: Page One, Two, Three, Four.

Red

Is there an alternative solution to antidepressants for women with mild depression? Published in March 2013 issue. Download the PDF here.

Psychologies

A lone adventure. What would inspire someone to take off on a journey of their own? First-person feature on a solo adventure to Mexico. Published in May 2013 issue. Download the PDF here.

Perfectionist Hotspots. We often take great pride in our perfectionism but having extremely high standards can backfire. Discover where your pursuit of excellence is getting in the way of your goals and sabotaging your life. Published in the October 2012 issue. Download the PDF here.
Are things better on the bright side? A new book suggests most of us are optimists at heart, even if we don't realise it. Is this really the case and does life run more smoothly for those with an upbeat outlook? Published in the January 2012 issue. Download the PDF here.
Faith journeys. True faith is a wonderful thing but what happens when that sense of certainty is shaken, either by a personal challenge or when a religion becomes linked to scandal or extremism. Is doubt separable from belief? Published in the November 2011 issue. Download the PDF here.

The Daily Mail

Baby goggles syndrome: the perils and pitfalls of dating to the rhythm of the biological clock. Click here to read the full piece online and hear how women and men are dealing with their baby angst.
As more and more women struggle with infertility, is baby envy the new social divide? Click here for the full article.

Time Magazine

With a target audience of Mozambique's poorest, the free weekly Jornal @Verdade runs stories on bread prices, HIV — and reviews of high-tech toys. Ambition, the paper's founder believes, is the key to lifting the country out of poverty. Click here to read the full story.

The Guardian (politics)

Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel challenge world leaders to come away from the G20 summit with stricter financial agreements as they call for 'hard and fast results'. Click here for coverage of the 2009 G20 summit.
Gordon Brown tells bankers they should stop behaving recklessly with other people's money and should instead uphold "family" values of honesty and fairness. Click here for the full story.
The mayor of London Boris Johnson angrily rejects suggestions that he failed the capital on a day of huge snowfalls in February 2009, accusing MPs of "unnecessary political bias". Click here for the full story.

Mind Tools

Thomson Reuters Foundation TrustLaw Women

Global survey of women's rights finds Canada the best place in the G20 to be a woman and India the worst. Click here for full coverage and infographics.
Policies promoting women's rights and freedoms and good healthcare make Canada the best place for women in the G20, while infanticide, child marriage and violence make India the worst. Click here for the full story.
Violence puts Mexico among worst G20 countries for women. Click here to read the full story.

Thomson Reuters AlertNet

Rape blights the lives of Haiti's earthquake survivors as thousands cram into camps. Click here for the full story.
Fifty of Haiti’s most desperate earthquake survivors, including the sick, the elderly and rape victims, may get temporary reprieve to live in the United States as part of a relief effort being driven by an American human rights lawyer. Click here for the full story.

Thomson Reuters

Five years on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, the region has its own early warning system but experts say the new technology will not save lives unless local communities are more involved in planning how to respond. Click here for the full story.
Torrential rains bring fresh hardship to tsunami survivors in eastern Sri Lanka, flooding refugee camps, forcing the evacuation of at least one and leaving others dotted with stagnant pools. Click here for the full story.

Tony Blair bows out of office after 10 years and defends his decision to wage war on Iraq. Click here for the full story.
Gordon Brown urges Afghanistan and Pakistan to cooperate more closely against terrorism at a time of increased political uncertainty and an upsurge in violence. Click here for the full story.
Londoners flee as police shoot bomb suspect dead on the underground following the 2005 London bombings. Click here for the full story.

Thomson Reuters TrustLaw

At a time when accountability and transparency are high on the agenda in the aid world, a global law firm produces a report into the workings of a female education charity that could serve as a model of good governance for the development sector. Click here for the full story.

Pro bono support helps Brazilian charities navigate a legal minefield. Click here for the full story.

The Huffington Post

Fifty years on from 'The Feminine Mystique', now childless working women ask, 'Is this all?' Click here for the full article.

Survey into women's rights in G20 countries shows there is so much more to do. Click here to read a blog on the Thomson Reuters Foundation G20 poll.

Swimming with the ducks: Finding peace at Kenwood Ladies' Pond. Click here to read a review of London's women-only summer haven.
Whatever you think of Samantha Brick, it's time we women start celebrating our beauty. Click here to read a response to the furore surrounding the journalist who declared herself beautiful in The Daily Mail.
From alcohol to food addiction: it's all about the feelings. Click here to read a response to Alistair Campbell's BBC documentary on alcoholism.
A Mozambican artist turns weapons left over from Sri Lanka's civil war into works of art in a bid for peace. Click here to read the full story.

JustCharlee

International Women's Day: championing our unsung heroines. Click here to read the blog on Canada's latest women's lifestyle sight.
To date or not to date? What to do when you're not sure you're ready but time is running out. Click here for the full story.
41 and single: Did we get what we wanted or forget what we wanted? Click here to read the blog.
Still hoping for a baby, but my sums don't add up. Click here for a lesson in mathematics and fertility.
Smart, successful and single - maybe we're just too capable. Click here to read about the curse of the capable woman.
What can shoes teach us about men? Click here for the answer.

Six Magazine

As millions of women and girls around the globe celebrated the achievements of females throughout the ages on International Women’s Day in March, many more probably glanced disapprovingly at their thighs, poked at their waists or groaned when they looked in the mirror. Click here to read this piece on the battle against negative body image.

Photographs

Haiti one month on. Click here to see pictures of Haiti's national day of mourning and life in Haiti's camps and here to see more pictures of the destruction wrought by the February 2010 earthquake.