Gender Equity

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Cynthia* has a son in his first year of school, and she works part time for two separate organisations – two days each. Her unusual setup means she’s had to put very clear boundaries in […]

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Amanda* worked 11 weeks of overtime last year in her job as a lawyer. She has two children ages 11 and 13, and is married to a man who works part-time, mainly to chauffeur children

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Vanessa* works full time as an accountant in a mining consultancy business. She’s married with three kids age 6, 9, and 13.  She’s working full time now after taking a step back for some years,

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Ashley* has a 3 year old daughter and is 27 weeks pregnant with her second. Working three days a week as an Occupational Therapist in a special needs school, her experience working in a female-dominated

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Donna* lives in Queensland with her two kids, ages 4 and 5, and her European husband. She jokes that Aussie guys don’t understand this patriarchal world! She works three days a week fully remotely now,

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Courtney* has one 9-year-old daughter with her long term partner. After working for a decade in one of the big banks, she took redundancy and joined the family business. When you no longer belong (and

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Anna* has twin girls who are 6, a 3 year old boy, and works full time – talk about hectic!! She’s in an HR people partner role, working with a segment of the executive team

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Katie* has two girls aged 11 and 7, is married, and works four days a week. We talk about finding some sort of balance, unicorn space, and facing discrimination as a working mother. Work life

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Charlotte has two girls aged 18 months and 6 years. She’s married and works a “greedy job” in consulting. We talked about what it’s like trying to parent when both parents work big jobs. Spoiler,

Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. This is part 2 of Charlotte’s* journey, where we talk about her traumatic IVF journey. When she discovered she was successful getting pregnant with her second daughter, after 27 rounds of IVF, she got pushed