Gender Equity

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Josephine* is a solo parent to two boys age 9 and 11. She’s the National HR manager at an engineering company, and we talked about the guilt of work and parenting, getting sidelined after parental […]

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Single parenting a 12 year old son, Mia* works full time in a job that supports her need for flexibility to manage the juggle, and says she couldn’t manage without flex! How to pick the

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Jackie* is married with a boy and a girl, aged 5 and 6. She works full time in finance, and shared vulnerably about the frustrations of the uneven division of labour at home, and who

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Beth* is a mother to two girls aged 9 and 6 and the primary earner in her family. She shares the struggle with changing careers when you’re burnt out and finding meaning amongst the juggle.

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. April* has been married almost 20 years and has two children ages 16 and 14. April talks about gender fatigue and the challenges of combining working and parenting, and shares her story of making values-based

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Karoline* was supposed to be on leave the week we chatted but had spent each day online chasing things from her leadership team to meet a deadline. It’s not the first time she’s worked beyond

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Edwina* has one 20 month old boy, and works a nine day fortnight, taking every second Friday off We talked about the difficult choices of working motherhood, the ‘manager lottery’, and how individuals and workplaces

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Cathy* has two kids aged 12 and 14, and works full time. She has a really positive outlook on life, and I think that has a bit to do with what she says no to

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Amy* has a daughter who is three-and-a-half and a 14 month old son. She worked full time, at home four days a week and in the office one. We spoke about hiding pregnancy at work

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Liz* has two children aged 3 and 6. Having spent a number of years in Big Jobs, she’s taken six months off to reassess and find a new opportunity. We talked about defining what success