Posts tagged motherhood

Building Inclusive Police Organisations: How Do Women Experience Gender Equity Policies?

While women have made great strides in male-dominated industries, representation is seldom adequate to shift organisational culture, particularly in highly masculinised industries. In today’s analysis, Kathy Newton (@KathyNewton2208) of Western Sydney University (@WesternSydneyU) shares her findings in how female police officers experience three policies designed to improve gender parity: the provision of breastfeeding rooms, flexible or part-time work options, and gender quotas. This analysis is drawn from a recently-published article.

Womens Policy Action TankWomen's Policy Action Tank23 May 2022Gender Inequity, motherhood, police, parenting

How ‘Neutral’ are Gender-Neutral Parental Leave Policies?

Despite being most notable for its ungenerous policies, Australia’s Paid Parental Leave has increasingly incorporated changes to encourage fathers or secondary carers to take leave. But is it working? In today’s analysis, Deborah Widiss (@DeborahWidiss) of Indiana University (@IUMaurerLaw) compares Australia’s policies to the US, where uptake by fathers or secondary carers is much greater. This analysis is drawn from a recently-published article that can be found here.

Womens Policy Action TankWomen's Policy Action Tank21 July 2021Children, motherhood, work, parental leave, Gender equality, family

Bushfires, coronavirus… and a newborn. Living through 2020 as a new mum

2020 has been no ordinary year. Still reeling from the destruction of the bushfires Australians are now having to adjust to also dealing with a global pandemic. In today’s blog post Dr Laura Davey gives her personal reflections on what it has been like to live through these unprecedented times at the same time as becoming a mother for the first time.

IssuesPower to Persuade27 March 2020mental health, Children, motherhood

Blog

THIS WEEK’S MODERATOR