by Christine Marlet | Dec 3, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Female identity, Gender Equality, Male identity
The conflation of selfhood with professional identity and self-worth with productivity and ambition is, of course, why stay-at-home motherhood is regarded as such a lowly vocation. At home, there’s no remuneration for services rendered or ladder to climb, nor is there much external validation. To be a stay-at-home mother is, therefore, to step outside of the productivity paradigm entirely, “to [fall] off the edge of the working world,” in the words of Mary Harrington.
by Christine Marlet | Sep 17, 2025 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Female identity, Work-Life Balance/Integration
The psychological fragility associated with the perinatal period is a fact of both individual and collective life. The short-term consequences of inadequate care for these frailties have repercussions for society as a whole. In short, it’s high time to make the mental health of expectant and new mothers an urgent public health priority.
by Christine Marlet | Aug 28, 2025 | All, Female identity, Gender Equality, Women in History and in Law, Women in Leadership
Women’s participation in post-conflict peacebuilding is not only transformative but essential to lasting reconciliation and recovery.Hey Ladies ✌🏻
by Christine Marlet | Jul 9, 2025 | All, Female identity, Gender Equality, Women and Men Collaboration at Work, Women and Men Cooperation at Home, Work-Life Balance/Integration
We are witnessing the dismantling of an outdated paradigm—one built on performance, pressure, and burnout. The world has outgrown the story of constant hustle and control, and the old system is beginning to crack under its own weight.And it’s not just a systems collapse. It’s a spiritual one.
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 | May 26, 2025 | All, Female identity, Gender Equality
While one in ten women in France suffers from endometriosis, dealing with this illness in the workplace remains a subject that is all too often forgotten in the day-to-day lives of female employees… Yet the impact is high, both for the individual and the organization, and makes women’s health a major issue for companies. Valérie Desplanches, president and co-founder of the Fondation pour a recherhce sur l’endométriose, explains.
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