by Christine Marlet | Jun 25, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Female identity, Work-Life Balance/Integration
Becoming a mother is a profound personal transition — and a deeply professional one too.
Returning to work after having a child isn’t just about logistics or time management. It’s a full identity shift that reshapes how we see ourselves, how we lead, and what kind of impact we want to make.
This transition has a name: matrescence — a transformative life stage, just like adolescence,
by Christine Marlet | Jun 16, 2025 | All, Women Input in Digitalisation, Women Input in STEM
While 70% of female students show strong interest in STEM, nearly half doubt their own abilities and over a third fear skepticism from others. A new report by Walbrook Institute London (formerly LIBF) reveals that over two thirds (72%) of young women in the UK still don’t feel like they have enough knowledge to study a degree in computer science or IT – with a mere 28% believing that they do.
by Christine Marlet | Jun 16, 2025 | All, Gender Equality, Work-Life Balance/Integration
Hybridization and hyperconnectivity: an avoidance strategy to escape domestic chores? Unplug and come back to us! A study carried out in 2022 concludes that men are more involved in domestic and family tasks when telecommuting from home. Telecommuting, the jackpot of work-life balance?
by Christine Marlet | Jun 16, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Gender Equality, Work-Life Balance/Integration
This Father’s Day, an estimated 72 million greeting cards will zip through the mail, according to Hallmark. Father’s Day ranks a respectable fourth on the list of the highest “card-buying” holidays of the year. But it’s still far behind the next-highest: Mother’s Day.
Dads probably shouldn’t take it personally. People tend to feel more sentimental toward their mothers. But while public displays of affection might matter less to dads than to moms, a new report on the impact fathers have on their kids suggests we shouldn’t underestimate how much dads matter.
by Christine Marlet | Jun 11, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Work-Life Balance/Integration
One might expect opinion writers, activist groups, and politicians, who never hesitate to exploit major news to promote their agendas, to at least verify the research before speaking with dogmatic certainty. Last week, the focus on what needed to change, if our society wanted to cleanse itself of gender-based violence, centered on a range of issues such as prevention, judicial reform, and sex education.
by Christine Marlet | Jun 11, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Work-Life Balance/Integration
On my first weekend at college, a quarter century ago now, I dutifully packed my laundry basket, bottle of detergent, and quarters for the machines, and descended into the basement of the building next-door to mine to do laundry. As I was starting a load, I overheard a conversation between two guys in the laundry room. They were, it appears, highly confused about what exactly they needed to do
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