Browsing the archives for the Maternity Leave tag

We can do it!

Just like in the days of Rosie the Riveter and the “We Can Do It” slogan post WWII when women stepped into the workplace in large numbers, today “We Are Doing It” again!
In a must-read article in the Economist, we read how women are about to make-up 50 percent of the American workforce.  The article [...]

Women quit breastfeeding early – short maternity leaves to blame?

HealthDay News recently announced that “even through a growing percentage of American moms start their infants on human milk, relatively few continue breastfeeding for the baby’s first six months of life, let alone an entire year.”
One of the reasons is due to maternity leave.  Working women return to work (too?) soon after their baby is [...]

The National Childbirth Trust to promote their profile on social issues linked to parenting

The National Childbirth Trust (NCT), a childbirth and parenting charity, known for its “opinions on physical and mental health issues linked to parenting, particularly around breastfeeding, nutrition, birthing arrangements and maternity services,” has hired Amazon PR to increase awarness for the work they do on the social aspects of becoming a parent – work-life balance, [...]