by fisayo | Sep 8, 2024 | Childcare, Family, Gender Discourse, housework, Social Issues
Conversations around women’s participation in paid work and education are no longer alien. Nearly, every society and individual understands the importance of women’s labor force participation and girl child education. Even though, there remains a lag in...
by fisayo | Dec 31, 2023 | Childcare, Family, Gender Discourse, Social Issues, social policy
The United States, despite being a developed and affluent nation, lacks federal paid parental leave. In 2022, the Biden-Harris administration attempted to tackle this issue but faced a reduction in the proposed paid parental leave duration from twelve weeks to four...
by fisayo | Nov 5, 2023 | Childcare, Family, Gender Discourse, Social Issues, social policy
The earning gap between men and women can be explained by the birth of the first child. Claudia Goldin Beginning in the late nineteenth century, the advocacy for gender equality changed how organizations and the state approached women’s labor force...
by fisayo | Apr 14, 2023 | Gender Discourse, Social Issues, social policy, Work and labor
In secondary school (high school), I wondered why my female classmates often went to the sick bay complaining of menstrual cramps. I thought that it was all about wanting to miss classes and spending time at the sick bay. When I began experiencing pain pangs during my...
by fisayo | Jan 31, 2022 | Gender Discourse, Social Issues
Photo Copied from The News Times Two weeks ago, I went on a vacation to visit some close friends who are married. I enjoyed every bit of my stay which as well did not go without me learning something about naming and the reason women do not use their husbands’...
by fisayo | Jan 3, 2022 | Gender Discourse, Social Issues, social policy, Work and labor
Image by Lucy Guiterrez (Copied from NYtimes) Women’s labor market participation in Africa and the West can be traced back to the impact of the second world war, feminism, and women’s emancipation movements. As a result of women’s labor market...
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