a little of this and a little of that.
Work-family conflict & how we got here.
Have you ever really thought about why we have work-family conflict, and how this invisible force causing friction between work and family, really originated? Isn’t it just life, after all, and how did we get here?
The mom resume.
It all changed when I became a mom. Certainly not my ambition, nor my desire to continue learning, nor my hopes & dreams, but what my resume would say and how (or if) it would even matter.
The Motherhood Penalty.
According to the International Labor Organization, in all regions of the world, mothers suffer a wage penalty and a decrease in earnings for each child they bear. On average, according to the OECD, the motherhood penalty amounts to about a 7% wage reduction per child in the world. Deep Breaths….
The advocates, the resistors, and everyone else.
It is the advocates and resistors that always stand out. We know them. We hear them. And their words, for better or worse, are like tidalwaves, rising above all the others.
Unpaid work and gender balance.
The unequal distribution of unpaid work is still one of the most pressing problems affecting women in our time and, in particular, their economic advancement. Why is it, that today, there is still a gendered division of labor even in the most progressive and equality driven countries?