Work Family Issues

Celebrating Work-Family Month

Sarah Damaske | Posted 12.25.2011

Sarah Damaske

While women are working more, there remains considerable diversity in their work-family experiences. Those of us championing Work-Family Month should recognize that this diversity demands a range of policy recommendations.

1,000 Caring Fathers Counter Media Stereotypes

Brad Harrington | Posted 08.24.2011

Brad Harrington

Last week, the Boston College Center for Work & Family released the results of a study we completed on nearly 1,000 American fathers. "The New Dad: C...

Who Needs More Women in Government? Moms

Sam Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Sam Bennett

I write today not just as the head of WCF, but also as a mother of three. Long before I entered politics, motherhood quickly introduced me to daily,...

The New Normal: Die Childless at Thirty

Joan Williams | Posted 11.17.2011

Joan Williams

Men have lost three-fourths of the jobs during the Great Recession, making women's wage work more important than ever. Our public policy hasn't caught up.

Health Care? Let's Do It for Charlie

Joan Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Joan Williams

The Trujillos' story punctuates the perverse incentives built into the current health care system, which leaves employers with choices no better than workers'.

What Depresses Women? The Choices They Have

Joan Williams | Posted 11.17.2011

Joan Williams

Having a child is the worst economic decision a woman can make, in part, because workplace discrimination against mothers is the strongest and most open form of gender discrimination.