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.
News & Views Female breadwinners STILL do more housework than their male partners Female breadwinners are likely to earn much less than male breadwinners and continue to be burdened with more housework and childcare than men.
News & Views It’s only a ‘favour’: The trouble with speaking for free In business, you need to be aware how costly ‘favours’ and speaking for free are. You don’t get paid for being nice, you get paid for doing business.
News & Views The multi-billion dollar question of who cooks, cleans & cares In Victoria alone unpaid work is worth $205.58 billion, or the equivalent of 50% of gross state product each year & it’s women doing most of it.
News & Views Women undertake 72% of all unpaid work in Australia & the consequences are egregious Women doing 72% of unpaid work has egregious outcomes that are totally gendered; Australian males lives ride on the exploitation of women’s work.
News & Views No, I can’t be your unpaid mentor. I cannot endlessly have coffee with people I hardly know, indiscriminately read manuscripts, research proposals or judge competitions, Jane Caro writes.
Life How can women be equal at work when inequality at home still thrives (especially at Christmas)? Women take on more paid work while shouldering a disproportionate load of housework and this is never more pronounced than at Christmas.
News & Views ‘I am doing everything & you need to do more’: A universal household dispute? ‘Basically my husband and I have the same argument on a four week rotation. It reaches a point where I say ‘I doing everything, you need to do more’.
Business As a nation, are we setting our girls up for a lifetime of earning less? Greater leadership is needed from government to ensure girls are financially literate. The responsibility can’t fall squarely on individuals and business.
Ed's Blog One in four Australian men do no housework. Not a single thing. Nada. Nothing. One in four Australian men do no housework. In the week before the 2016 census 26% of Australian men admitted to doing no domestic work.