Soapbox The invisible work of women: counting the costs of the mental load Keeping the financial impacts of the mental load invisible enables this sexist status quo to continue, Chandel Brandimarti writes.
News & Views Reforming ‘dad leave’ is a baby step towards greater gender equality Modest changes to Australia’s paid parental provision can help address the gender gap in unpaid and paid work between mothers and fathers
News & Views Huge rise in working from home but women still do lion’s share of housework & caring There’s barely been a blip in the number of mothers “typically” caring for children at home, despite a massive increase in the rate of both mothers and fathers working from home.
News & Views After Robodebt, it’s time to address ParentsNext ParentsNext compels mothers into makework rather than work and devalues the unpaid caring work they do, writes Elise Klein and Eve Vincent.
News & Views A female CEO gives up work because her husband can’t cope at home. Who or what’s the blame? If some men are shit (and again, for the avoidance of doubt, I do concede some are), we also have shit systems that preserve men’s privilege
News & Views If you thought ‘that was a lot of money’ consider the value of women’s work If American women received a minimum wage for the unpaid care work they do around the house, they would have made $1.5 trillion last year.
News & Views The key stats that show the gendered impact of the pandemic response The consequences of measures taken to address the health and economic crisis are likely to be felt more by women, on a number of fronts.
News & Views Should we rename International Women’s Day to International Do-More-Work-For-Free Day? The irony of International Women’s Day becoming a peak opportunity to extract yet more free labour from women breathtaking.
News & Views It’s not a woman’s job to ‘have children’. It takes a village & policies should reflect that Let’s stop the gender wars. Women do not hold the sole responsibility to have children. It takes two to make a baby and it takes a village to raise a child – so why doesn’t government and workplace policy reflect this?
News & Views We need to talk about the 1000+ word job ad for a household manager/nanny/cook A job ad posted by a 39 year old Silicon Valley CEO and mum of 10 year old twins for a Household Manager / Cook/ Nanny went viral recently.
News & Views Why are women deemed less talented after a career break? During a career break you are forced to confront a new identity and through this comes growth, adaptability and continuous learning.
News & Views A woman’s quest to ditch the martyrdom of motherhood As a married, working mother in Australia Georgie Dent is a walking cliché. In a bid to ease the mental burden she’s trying to ditching the martyr path.