Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to work-life balance.
Sarah Kaplan and Rachael Goodman write for The Mark News about the double labor burden for women. (It was also picked up by Newsroom Panama, Peruvian Times, and Arab News.)
Sarah Kaplan speaks with the Ottawa Citizen about the benefits of investing in childcare.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Rachael Goodman & Sarah Kaplan discuss how extended families can actually enable women to take on paying jobs outside the home (Part 4 in a 5-part series with SSIR).
Sarah Kaplan speaks with TVO's Josh Dehaas about European use-it-or-lose-it paternity leave and if Canada should follow suit.
Sarah Kaplan is quoted in the Toronto Star on the unintended consequences of the new 18-month parental leave policy
Sarah Kaplan appears on TVO's The Agenda to talk about the challenges with Canada's new parental leave policy.
How work-family conflict can segregate women into lower-status ventures and reinforce gender gaps in entrepreneurship.
Sarah Kaplan comments on new family care policies in an op-ed in the Toronto Star -- pointing out that it might not help, and might even hurt, especially women's careers.
How single women downplay their professional ambitions around single men
On International Day of the Girl, Sarah Kaplan and Rachael Goodman argue for The Mark News that, though girls may be encouraged to get educated, family responsibilities and cultural expectations can hold them back from the working world. Also in Japan Times, Peruvian Times, Cyprus Mail
