Chores and childcare: who bears the brunt in lockdown? Women
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Working mothers in Europe and the United States are taking on most of the extra housework and childcare created by lockdown – and many are struggling to cope, a survey showed on Thursday. Women with children now spend an average 65 hours a week on the unpaid chores – nearly a […]
“Unpaid and unseen”: Female workers bolster Britain’s economy
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Young women are totting up the hours of unpaid work they do – from childcare to housework – to invoice Britain’s Treasury and highlight their undervalued contribution to the economy. The Young Women’s Trust on Wednesday launched an online calculator enabling women to work out and share online the value of their […]
ESSAY: FAMILY LEAVE IS A PRO-LIFE ISSUE THAT CAN UNITE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE US
US commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, explains why paid family leave is a pro-life issue…
Foreign students recruited as au pairs face abuse in US, says report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Young women recruited to the United States to care for children fall victim to wage theft, abuse and even human trafficking, according to a report published on Monday that called for legal changes to help protect au pairs. International au pairs – most of them young women – work under a US […]