From Quartz authored by Corrine Purtill and Dan Kopf: “In March 2007, Spain introduced a national policy granting most new fathers two weeks of fully paid paternity leave. The policy proved exceptionally popular, with 55% of men eligible in the first year opting to take the paid time. The amount of leave covered by the […]
Category Archives: Family & Personal
Hollywood working moms and the brutal conflict between family and career
From The Los Angeles Times authored by Meredith Blake: “Nearly every mother in Hollywood has a horror story. There was the time screenwriter and showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna was 8½ months pregnant and a studio executive joked, “I guess today would be a bad day to punch you in the stomach.” There was the time Nisha Ganatra, […]
What Do You Do When You Become The Statistic You Desperately Hoped To Avoid?
From Above the Law authored by Amy D. Cubbage: “When I got out of law school, freshly minted as an attorney, I was prepared to change the world for women lawyers. My law school class in the mid-1990s was only 30 percent women, and we felt it. We were told in ways both subtle and […]
Moms Are Fighting To Use Campaign Funds For Child Care
From The Huffington Post authored by Molly Redden: “Josie Raymond only campaigned once with her daughter before she realized she had to hire a babysitter. She was in the thick of a competitive race for a Kentucky House seat, and she could easily spend all day canvassing suburban Louisville — but her toddler couldn’t. “We […]
Tech companies step in to stop date rape
From Axios authored by Alexi McCammond: “In the U.S., 37 states require schools to teach abstinence as part of sex-education. Zero states mandate that they address drug-facilitated sexual assault, otherwise known as date rape. Why it matters: This isn’t like getting struck by lightning. Having a tasteless, colorless rohypnol — a “roofie” — dropped in your Merlot […]
COULD AN APP HELP YOU STOP FIGHTING ABOUT CHORES?
From Mel Magazine authored by Tracy Moore: “Men typically excel at both playing and inventing pointless competitive games, but one man has potentially done civilization a solid and applied his gamification skills toward something that actually kind of matters: household chores. Manhattan civil engineer Bob Ford, a mid-30s father and husband, has developed an app called Labor […]
A high-ranking lawyer says she was told to serve the cake. She complained, then she was fired.
From The Washington Post authored by Deanna Paul: “In 2014, as a lawyer with two decades of experience, Nancy Saltzman joined ExlService Holdings as its general counsel. At the time, she was the most senior female executive at the publicly traded consulting firm, whose leadership team was dominated by men. But rather than empower Saltzman, […]
Pretty Can Hurt Women’s Careers
From The New York Times authored by Maya Salam: “Beautiful women sail through life with all the advantages in the world, right? That’s what many of us have been conditioned to believe, but of course, it’s not true. And now there’s research to prove it — when it comes to the workplace, at least. According […]
Iranian lawyer who defended women’s right to remove hijab gets 38 years, 148 lashes
From Women in the World authored by WITW STAFF: “After two trials described by Amnesty International as “grossly unfair,” Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes. Sotoudeh, who has dedicated her life to defending Iranian women prosecuted for removing their hijabs in public, […]
Texting Moves to the Workplace, as Do the Awkward Misfires. ‘I’m Here. I Luv U.’
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Te-Ping Chen: “Ashlyn Burgett usually likes getting text messages, but then she was added to a group text chain with co-workers last fall, and the pictures started arriving. First came the grandchildren. Then colleagues’ pets. Her phone flashed with messages all weekend. “They think we like it, because you […]
