Can I Be a Mom and Have a Career?
summary
Presents evidence that women’s workforce participation drops about 20–22% after childbirth and uses a concrete case of completing a PhD while caring for a newborn to illustrate the issue. Recommends employer policies—flexible hours, on-site or subsidized childcare, transparent promotion criteria, and bias-aware hiring—and shares practical routines such as task batching, strict meeting windows, negotiated household responsibilities, and building peer support networks to cover childcare gaps.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:03Personal journey as a mom
- 10:09Statistics on women in STEM
- 15:14Challenges in the workplace
- 20:40Solutions and advice
- 28:10Stress management and community
- 32:11Q&A and closing
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