Journeying #27 with Dr. Dee Duffy, discussing Gender Disparity on International Women's Day

This week I pay tribute to International Women's Day by sharing some of my own thoughts, observations, and experience of gender disparity.  I am primarily focusing on the experience of working mothers in this podcast, as this is what I can talk to. I can’t speak on behalf of all women’s experiences, just my own experience, and observations. But I do know there are many commonalities in my own experience and numerous other women I have spoken to. 

I draw on the research of Professor Linda Scott in her recent publication, The Double X Economy, and from the writing of Melinda Gate's The Moment of Lift to highlight how my experience is not unique, but there are so many parallels between working mother's experiences globally.  How women around the world carry the parental load and often fall behind in their career trajectory for the greater good of their children and family. And yet the world over, we don't recognise, celebrate or fully appreciate this unpaid care work.   

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• The insanity of motherhood in the 21st century for working women 
• Current society and workplace has been slow to adapt to the changing needs of employees with young families 
• Our childcare routines for full-time working parents are just not conducive to a healthy family lifestyle
• Busy, tired mothers of young children do not have the time or energy to be at the decision-making tables (in their current format) 
• There is currently less than 25% female representation in the Irish Government 
• When women leave their work to raise children, they lose their financial independence and become economically vulnerable
•  Insufficient recognition or remuneration for care work carried out in our society
• We need to challenge archaic systems and modes of operation that no longer serve all of society
• The provision of a state-funded, quality childcare system for all children would help achieve gender parity
• Equal partnership with a similar division of labour is as good for romantic partnerships as it is for a business relationship 

RESOURCES INCLUDE:
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates: https://www.amazon.com/Moment-Lift-Empowering-Women-Changes-ebook/dp/B07FCJPWST
The Double X Economy by Professor Linda Scott: https://www.doublexeconomy.com/
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