Unmasking Work-Family Balance Barriers and Strategies among Working Fathers in the Workplace

Unmasking Work-Family Balance Barriers and Strategies among Working Fathers in the Workplace

This article explores the barriers and strategies experienced by Spanish working fathers regarding work-family balance. Based on 29 in-depth interviews with Spanish working fathers in different typesof organizations and sectors, the results of this study present different barriers that are divided into three groups: contextual barriers, organizational barriers and internalized barriers. T

People, Care and Work in the Home

People, Care and Work in the Home

The changing demographics of our modern society have inevitably impacted the dynamics and relationships within the home from being personal and private to that of multiple work relationships; domestic work, care for older people, or supporting people with special needs. Whilst the home is a concept universally experienced, permeating every aspect of our lives, it remains an entity whose influence on health and wellbeing is poorly understood.

Gendered behavior as a disadvantage in open source software development

Gendered behavior as a disadvantage in open source software development

Women often find themselves strongly disadvantaged in the field of software development, in particular when it comes to open source. In a study recently published in EPJ Data Science, Orsolya Vasarhelyi and Balazs Vedres argue that this disadvantage stems from gendered behavior rather than categorical discrimination: women are at a disadvantage because of what they do, rather than because of who they are.

Voice, Participation and Leadership. Overcoming the Barriers of Invisibility of the contribution of Women to Law: an Educational Challenge

Voice, Participation and Leadership. Overcoming the Barriers of Invisibility of the contribution of Women to Law: an Educational Challenge

Since Mª Ascension Chirivella graduated in 1922 from the Law School of the University of Valencia, the presence of women in law schools has continued
to increase, and women now constitute a majority in all universities. But, upon analyzing whether the majority presence of women in universities is
reflected in legal practice, we see that it does not.