 2006 Mothers Day Campaign:
Mothers at Work
"I see one of the biggest barriers... getting in our way as women and as advocates is that the debate about working and motherhood is often framed in ‘either/or’ solutions... ‘there is a right way and a wrong way’... ‘there is a good choice or a bad choice.’... ‘there are feminists and antifeminists...’ That is such a bogus framework, if you ask me, and only divides our ranks and polarizes women into different camps, when in fact we all want something identical: a chance to have a fulfilling life and get compensated fairly for our work in the home and outside the home."
Joni B. Cole, author & POWER Loop guest
This week’s guests:
- Sylvia Ann Hewlett
- Center for Work Life Policy
co-author, On-Ramps and Off-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success
- Choose 2 Lead Women's Foundation
- Shirley M. Clark and Patricia S. Reed
- Workplace Flexibility 2010
- Katie Corrigan, Sharon Masling and Barbara Cammarata
- Amy Nassisi
- Flexibility Alliance
- Leslie Morgan Steiner
- author, Mommy Wars: Stay-At-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families
- Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and Joan Blades
- MomsRising.org
co-authors, The Motherhood Manifesto: What America’s Moms Want and What to Do About It
Recognize Each Mother’s Work, Support All Mothers’ Work
Every "Mother At Work" T-shirt purchased helps to support
Mothers & More’s work to improve the lives of mothers across the country, now and into the future
"I wish everyone (especially our lawmakers and corporate bosses) understood how important it is that someone do the parenting and housekeeping work. The incredibly diverse tasks involved in parenting and running a household have economic value to our households and to our national GDP. We’ve got to know this, understand it, talk about it, act on it, and eventually others will come to see the truth of it too. "
Leslie, 5/8/2006
Advocating for mothers doesn’t have to be big and scary. Sometimes the simplest everyday efforts make the biggest difference. Check our Take Action page for some ideas.
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Did You Know?
Around 1/3 of all mothers work part-time for pay with no benefits.
Women working full-time for pay earned 80.3% of men’s salaries.
Mothers who are not employed spend an average of 7 hours per day in housework and direct childcare. They get no credit towards Social Security benefits for their work.
Motherhood is the single greatest factor in predicting poverty in old age.
The care of small children doesn’t get counted in government statistics because no money is changing hands. If a mother cared for her neighbor’s child and were paid, it would be counted. By leaving care work out of economic measurements, in effect, the value of a mother’s work is zero.
There is a strong correlation between organizations that embrace a culture of family friendly policies and the overall productivity and loyalty of its employees.
It costs 100-300% annual salary to replace a trained worker.
94% of Mothers & More members feel they have altered their career path since becoming/as a result of becoming a mother.
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