Guestblog: Russian working mums
Love it or hate it, but such is our culture formed under the influence of the years of “socialism” followed by “perestroyka” or whatever it’s called now: most women here do work. Married or unmarried, mums or not – the society expects us to work, just as it expects us to be equal to men [...]
Why do women find it so hard to go back to work?
Why do women find it so hard to go back to work? Image by Getty Images via Daylife When I had my first son I was under a lot of pressure to make a choice. Stay at home and be a full time mum or relish my maternity leave and go back to work. To [...]
New Year, new resolution and new job
It’s mid January, festivities are over for another year and it’s back to work and back to school. Perhaps one of your resolutions is to return to work since it might be the end of maternity leave. Whatever the reason for a career break returning to the workplace is often not as easy as it [...]
