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UN Delegates Appalled At The Treatment Of Women In The U.S.

The United Nations sent a delegation of human rights advisors to the United States for 10 days in order to synthesize a report on the treatment of women.

By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

Anne-Marie Slaughter on how to support caregiving and change our toxic work culture

Anne-Marie Slaughter’s been following up her much-discussed 2012 Atlantic article, “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All,” with a book on the subject, and offers a taste of it in the New York Times this past weekend.

Anne-Marie Slaughter’s been following up her much-discussed 2012 Atlantic article, “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All,” with a book on the subject, and offers a taste of it in the ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

1 in 4 mothers in the US return to work within two weeks of childbirth

By now, you’re probably all well-versed in the US’s abysmal maternity leave policies. We know that this country is one of the only in the world without guaranteed paid parental leave, and that consequently only 13 percent of US workers have access to any paid family leave.

By now, you’re probably all well-versed in the US’s abysmal maternity leave policies. We know that this country is one of the only in the world without guaranteed paid parental leave, and ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

Photos of the Day: Swedish dads on parental leave with their kids

There is a mythical place where new parents get 480 days of paid leave for every child they have. And though it might feel like it to those of us here in the US, counting ourselves lucky if we get a single paid day off at all, this place is not, in fact, a fantastical utopia in a parallel universe.

There is a mythical place where new parents get 480 days of paid leave for every child they have. And though it might feel like it to those of us here in the US, counting

By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

New Favorite Tumblr: Having It Some

The new Tumblr Having It Some aims to be an online repository for companies’ parental and family leave policies.

By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

“I’m a woman who’s just had a baby. My choices are limited.”

Rebecca Traister has a great, comprehensive piece about how “simple, systemic failures” — like these — ensure that “the act of having a baby turns out to be a stunningly precarious economic and professional choice” in the US. Currently at home with a new child, she notes that the fact that she’s supported by the good parental leave policy offered by The New Republic means she’s “won the woman lottery.”

By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

Chart of the Day: The many ways the US fails working families

Today the White House is convening a Summit on Working Families, so it’s a good time for your regular reminder that the US’s policies for working families are the absolute worst. Seriously, whatever policy recommendations the President makes today, they will be an improvement.

The US is just one of three countries with no guaranteed paid maternity leave, and of 34 developed countries, one of two that doesn’t ensure men can take paternity leave. Only 11 percent of Americans in the private sector have access to some sort of paid family leave. Most other wealthy countries also have things like paid sick days–a benefit that 41 million people in this country lack–and affordable child care. ...

By Amy S. Choi • 11 years ago

Sheryl Sandberg: Let’s talk about getting pregnant

I’ve been a (semi-conflicted) fangirl of Sheryl Sandberg’s ever since seeing her TED talk in late 2010. Then there was that glowing New Yorker profile in the summer of 2011. Her perspective as a feminist is definitely very white-educated-privileged-wealthy, which is hard to swallow when you hear her say that women are more to blame for their lack of advancement than societal structures are. I mean, not everybody has Larry Summers as a mentor, Gloria Steinem on speed dial and a wealthy tech CEO as a supportive husband.

Still, a lot of what she espouses regarding changing personal attitudes and behaviors and “leaning in” to your work resonates with me, and I deeply admire her brains, discipline and focus on ...