Drawing on ethnographic research with low income working women from rural India, this brief examines how women's paid work outside the home is often contingent on the availability of household members' willingness to help free up women’s time by taking up some of their domestic responsibilities
The COVID-19 pandemic means that more people are working remotely than ever before, offering us a deeper understanding of the barriers and gendered aspects of remote work. Our brief highlights several characteristics of remote work as well as suggested policies for moving forward after the pandemic.
What role does gender play in the COVID-19 pandemic? This primer examines the gendered impacts of COVID-19, offering key resources and implications for policy and action.
The growing participation rates of women in the workforce have been accompanied by increasing demand for childcare services. Those services, however, are proving inadequate. Here's how organizations can do better.
In 2017, 90% of mothers took maternity leave, but only 12% of fathers took or intended to take paternity leave. Why? To shed light on the implications of paternity leaves and fatherhood, we hosted a scholarly discussion during our 3rd Annual Research Roundtable.
University of Toronto Magazine
Sarah Kaplan writes about the gender wage gap: Women pay a price for seeking more flexible jobs after having children. Good legislation won’t solve the problem – we need to look at cultural changes, too.
This study looks at how men view themselves as fathers, and how organizations are constraining or empowering men to adopt more engaged parenting identities.
