How the Mommy How the Mommy Tracks Impacts Tracks Impacts Women LeadersWomen Leaders

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Kathleen SchaferKathleen Schafer

Leadership ConnectionLeadership Connection

We are WomenWe are Women

Intelligence, appearance, Intelligence, appearance, aspirations, geneticsaspirations, genetics

We need to enjoy, appreciate, We need to enjoy, appreciate, and pursue our assetsand pursue our assets

We need to understand where the We need to understand where the barriers are so that we can barriers are so that we can achieve our goalsachieve our goals

Women in a Man’s Women in a Man’s WorldWorld Women must behave like men to have Women must behave like men to have

success in the workplacesuccess in the workplace Women make trade-offs in their own Women make trade-offs in their own

happiness to achieve success in the happiness to achieve success in the workplace and at homeworkplace and at home

Men are not equal partners in the homeMen are not equal partners in the home Women are economically disadvantaged Women are economically disadvantaged

by child careby child care Women want more choicesWomen want more choices

What We Can do for What We Can do for OurselvesOurselves

– Every parent one-year’s paid leaveEvery parent one-year’s paid leave– Shorten the workweekShorten the workweek– Equal pay and benefits for part-time workEqual pay and benefits for part-time work– Stop discrimination against parents in the Stop discrimination against parents in the

workplaceworkplace– Equalize social security for spousesEqualize social security for spouses– Offer social insurance programs for all workersOffer social insurance programs for all workers– Universal pre-school for three and four year-oldsUniversal pre-school for three and four year-olds– Stop taxing mothers more than anyone elseStop taxing mothers more than anyone else– Provide a child allowanceProvide a child allowance– Provide health care coverage for all children and Provide health care coverage for all children and

their caregiverstheir caregivers

What We Can do for What We Can do for Ourselves (cont’d)Ourselves (cont’d)

– Add unpaid household labor to the GDPAdd unpaid household labor to the GDP– Two-tier marriageTwo-tier marriage– Equal standard of living after divorcesEqual standard of living after divorces– Provide community support for parentsProvide community support for parents– Parent educationParent education– Diversity to include caregiving Diversity to include caregiving

experienceexperience

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Kathleen SchaferKathleen Schafer Leadership ConnectionLeadership Connection www.leadershipconnection.netwww.leadershipconnection.net