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Balancing Your Life
"The especial genius of women I believe to
be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual
in tendency."
- Margaret Fuller: feminist, teacher and literary
critic
Successfully balancing the obligations of work and family can be challenging, but also very rewarding. The following websites offer advice from women who have managed to maintain successful careers while still spending quality time with their families:
Articles
Balancing
Work and Family for Women in the Workplace
Balancing
Work and Family: Taking a Look at Yourself
Effects
on Children of Working Mothers
Employed
Parenthood: Do I Have A Choice?
Weaving
Together Family and Work
Organizations
Center
for Work and Family
The Center for Work and Family has developed programs
which aim to normalize the struggles faced by men and
women, to teach coping skills until larger social changes
take place, to enlist seminar participants as proactive
advisors and problem solvers, and to further the dialogue
about work/family issues by means of feedback loops
between employees and management.
Families
and Work Institute
Families and Work Institute (FWI) is a non-profit center
for research that provides data to inform decision-making
on the changing workplace, changing family and changing
community.
National
Partnership for Women and Families
The National Partnership for Women & Families is
a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public
education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace,
quality health care, and policies that help women and
men meet the dual demands of work and family.
Women
Work!
Women Work! programs are recognized for their effectiveness
in helping women find and keep jobs to support their
families.
Work
& Family Connection
Since 1984, Work & Family Connection has been working
to help employers create a workplace that is both supportive
and effective by providing employers, and those that
offer them products and services, with the most information
possible.
Websites
MomMD
Women at all stages of their medical career can find
information and resources to balance and enrich their
professional and personal life.
Work
& Woman or Work & Mom
Women and moms who work outside the home tell you about
their lives and how they make the “Balancing Act”
work!
Working
Mom Mall
The place for busy working moms seeking work/life balance
and strategies and solutions to simplify life!
Working Mom’s
Refuge
This site has resources for mothers in the workforce,
with topics ranging from family and career advice to
recipe swaps.
WorkingMother
Check out this month’s articles in Working Mother,
with features like recipes, tips on managing kids, households,
work, and more! |
