News & Views Coupled women with children experienced worse mental health during lockdown Victorian women, especially those in a couple with dependent children, experienced a greater decline in their mental health during lockdowns.
News & Views Half of Australia’s gamers are women, but we know very little about mothers who game Women account for almost 50% of gamers in Australia, but the nuanced and varied experiences of mothers who game are lost among these statistics.
Sport At 44, Sinead Diver’s Olympic debut ends with a triumphant result At 44, Sinead Diver has finished 10th place at the Tokyo Olympics, and sets new records for Aussie women runners.
Jugglehood ‘There’s no going back’: The pandemic has shone a light on the flex future we should strive for For too long, it’s been an uphill battle for working parents (predominantly mothers). Research shows that the old way wasn’t working.
Life The bad bits of ParentsNext just came back Parents are once again stressed-out about the reporting requirements and the threat of losing their ParentsNext payments. writes Simone Casey.
News & Views ‘Mums are here! Feds stay clear!’ The ‘Wall of Mums’ group shielding Black Lives Matter protestors in Portland A group of mothers in Portland, Oregon formed a ‘wall of mums’ to shield Black Lives Matter protestors from unidentified federal agents.
News & Views As feminist as it gets: Mothers who advocate for their children Ask any woman how her life changed after having children I’d wager she told you that she felt the weight of the gender roles shift when she became a mother.
News & Views The trouble with the minister promoting shared parental leave…who can’t access shared parental leave Andrew Griffiths is the UK’s business minister who is currently promoting shared parental leave and admits to Emma Barnett that he can’t access it himself.
News & Views Men taking paternity leave: How can we make it a better option? I was speaking to a man in a male-dominated industry the other day who told me he wanted to take parental leave when his wife gave birth to their child.
News & Views Meet the employers that don’t ‘do’ flexibility Last week a female lawyer with a nine-month old son rang me to see if I knew of any flexible work opportunities.
Ed's Blog Stop shaming mothers for having children Yesterday I read something that had its intended effect.