María Ángeles Noguera is the founder of OFA, a Dutch-Spanish consultancy firm, which has been helping families, companies and the public sector to reconcile work and family life for many years. She speaks to us about improving our work life balance
If there are still few women in management positions, it’s because gender stereotypes are still legion… and women have unfortunately integrated some of them.
Whilst pay is an important marker of a ‘good’ job, other aspects of work – such as the demands it places on workers, the level of control they have, working hours, flexibility and job security – also impact employees’ wellbeing significantly.(Green et al, 2024) This is known as ‘job quality’. Our research shows that mothers, particularly those with young children, face multiple disadvantages when it comes to job quality. We have termed this the ‘motherhood penalty in job quality’.
The Other Half have a new report on What Mums Want in the Early Years. 582 brilliant mums gave us clear and thoughtful stories that show how 21st Century motherhood has withered from the promise given. Today’s big policy offer to women is low cost childcare so mums can work more after a baby. But is that what they want? Polling suggests not. We wanted to know why, so we asked them.
There’s a lot of debate about how to move the dial on gender equality around the world, and growing emphasis on how this cannot happen without getting men on board with the movement.
Midlife collision” is a complex and stressful period often experienced by women of what has become known as the Sandwich Generation.
The “sandwich generation” refers to adults, often in their forties or fifties, who find themselves simultaneously caring for children who are still at home or financially dependent, and elderly parents in need of care or support.
This generation is thus “sandwiched” between their obligations to their children and their parents, hence the term “sandwich”.
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