unpaid work

For many Australians who spend chunks of their time volunteering, the Census will not ask details about the work they do.

Keeping the financial impacts of the mental load invisible enables this sexist status quo to continue, Chandel Brandimarti writes.

Modest changes to Australia’s paid parental provision can help address the gender gap in unpaid and paid work between mothers and fathers

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.

ParentsNext compels mothers into makework rather than work and devalues the unpaid caring work they do, writes Elise Klein and Eve Vincent.

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

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.

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.

The irony of International Women’s Day becoming a peak opportunity to extract yet more free labour from women breathtaking. 

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?

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.

During a career break you are forced to confront a new identity and through this comes growth, adaptability and continuous learning.