<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Hello Ladies &#187; working mothers</title>
	<atom:link href="http://helloladies.com/tag/working-mothers/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://helloladies.com</link>
	<description>The intersection of feminism and life</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:23:59 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
	<div id='fb-root'></div>
					<script type='text/javascript'>
						window.fbAsyncInit = function()
						{
							FB.init({appId: null, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true});
						};
						(function()
						{
							var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true;
							e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js';
							document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
						}());
					</script>	
						<item>
		<title>On My Honor, I Will Try: Girls Scouts Help Build Future Leaders</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/on-my-honor-i-will-try-girls-scouts-help-build-future-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/on-my-honor-i-will-try-girls-scouts-help-build-future-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family friendly work policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gilr sin STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls scouts and STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls scouts build leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glass ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to build leadership capacity in girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women in the workplace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life flexibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Girl Scouts of the USA recently released new research &#8220;ToGetHerThere: Girls’ Insights on Leadership,” revealing young girls see a glass ceiling in today’s society. The research, completed in partnership with GFK Roper, is part of a broader campaign and fundraising effort seeking to create equal representation of women in leadership positions in all sectors and levels of society. The Girl Scouts surveyed 1,000 girls aged 8-17 and found close to three in five girls think that while a woman can rise up in a company, she will rarely be placed in a senior leadership role.  And 8 in 10 girls think the workplace could do a better job of meeting the needs of their female workers. Of course we already know this to be the case. But hopefully, hearing young girls make these same observations will inspire all of us to do more to change the reality. We can tell our daughters all we want that they can grow up and become anything. But they are smarter than that. If they don’t see evidence to support that assertion, why should they believe us? As White House Project founder Marie Wilson often says, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” That [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2012/02/on-my-honor-i-will-try-girls-scouts-help-build-future-leaders/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>If I Were Santa</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/if-i-were-santa/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/if-i-were-santa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Work Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence victims needs hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[massachusetts senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paycheck fairness act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratify CEDAW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence against women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace equality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=6086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If I were Santa, I&#8217;d be making my list and checking it twice. And here are the gifts I would give: For Our Daughters: The gift of self-esteem and positive role models The mass media perpetuates a message that women and girls’ value comes from beauty and sexuality – and it affects us. Sixty-five percent of women and girls have an eating disorder. Eighty percent of the op-ed pages are dominated by men. The number of women in senior management positions globally has gone from 24 to 20 percent from 2004 to 2009. For Corporate America: More women in leadership positions There is a large, and growing, body of research connecting women at the tops of organizations to a strong bottom line performance. However, women comprise 53 percent of new hires, but only 37 percent of managers, 26 percent of vice-presidents, and just 14 percent of executive committees. &#160; For Working Mothers: Flexible work arrangements &#8230; and a day of rest The life of a working mother is challenging. Flexible work arrangements give parents the ability to work more flexibly and better manage the challenges of work and family. For Working Families: Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act According to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/12/if-i-were-santa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bachmann Raises Questions About Politics, Work and Gender Equality</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/bachmann-raises-questions-about-politics-work-and-gender-equality/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/bachmann-raises-questions-about-politics-work-and-gender-equality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Work Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace equality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=5974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the start of the &#8220;Thanksgiving Family Forum,&#8221; a GOP primary debate held earlier this month in Iowa, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann walked around the table pouring water for all of her opponents and for Frank Luntz, the debate moderator. When Luntz thanked her, Bachmann laughed and responded, &#8220;I&#8217;m used to it Frank.&#8221; Watch the video here and then ask yourself, was Bachmann&#8217;s behavior helpful or harmful? The answer may vary depending on your frame of reference. To some, Bachmann&#8217;s action may appear to be a simple, meaningless gesture. She was pouring a glass of water for herself; so why not just pour for the table? After all, it only took a minute or two. It was helpful and only a liberal-leaning blogger could make an issue out of this, right? Not true. I am sure political strategists think Bachmann made a bad move. After all, it doesn&#8217;t look very presidential to wait on others. Presidents are served at the table; they don&#8217;t do the serving. Now remember: we&#8217;ve never had a woman in office. Therefore, what most people consider to look presidential, is going to look like male behavior. And men seem to know that when they are engaged in important [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/bachmann-raises-questions-about-politics-work-and-gender-equality/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Moms Dominate Powerful Women List (Infographic)</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/moms-dominate-most-powerful-women-list/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/moms-dominate-most-powerful-women-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable childcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity leave policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid sick days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=5918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know 88 percent of the women on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list are mothers with an average 2.5 children each? How do we harness that power for better maternity leave policies, paid sick days, flex work arrangements and affordable, quality childcare? Thank you to OnlineSchools.com for the great infographic. Courtesy of: OnlineSchools.com]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/11/moms-dominate-most-powerful-women-list/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Heroine of the Week: California State Senator Noreen Evans</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/10/heroine-of-the-week-california-state-senator-noreen-evans/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/10/heroine-of-the-week-california-state-senator-noreen-evans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Work Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California maternity law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity care coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noreen Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paid maternity leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=5711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States ranks low among industrialized countries when it comes to maternal care and lacks a nationwide policy of paid maternity leave. However, women in one of the largest states, California, are now guaranteed maternity care health coverage thanks to a bill introduced by Senator Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) and signed into law this past week by Governor Jerry Brown. SB 222, the Maternity Coverage Availability Act, requires health insurance plans to provide maternity coverage as part of their individual health insurance policies. Although the law has required group insurance plans to include maternity coverage, the number of policies that include that coverage has dropped from 82 percent in 2004 to only 12 percent in 2010. Governor Brown also signed SB 299 this week, another maternity-related bill shepherded by Evans. This legislation prevents California women from losing their employer-provided health insurance coverage while on maternity leave.  Currently many women pay steep out-of-pocket costs for maternity care and/or cut short their pregnancy leave because they can’t afford to take it.  According to Moms Rising, almost four in five workers report being unable to take leave because they could not afford it. &#8220;Healthy mothers mean healthy babies. I want the next [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/10/heroine-of-the-week-california-state-senator-noreen-evans/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Life of a Working Mother</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/09/the-life-of-a-working-mother/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/09/the-life-of-a-working-mother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Work Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how mothers do it all]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iris apfel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rachel zoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the life of a working mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=5448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you about the life of a working mother. So this morning I was running late for work because I had a hard time picking out an outfit because last Saturday I forgot to go to the dry cleaner because I was really busy shuffling my kids from soccer practice to the town-wide barbecue birthday bash to a party we were all invited to and so I had no clean work pants and I couldn’t wear knee-length skirts or capris because I was gardening on Sunday because I hadn’t weeded since June because every weekend in the summer I took my kids to the Cape so they could hang out with their cousins and anyway I got poison ivy on my legs and therefore hadn’t shaved them all week but I had to dress professionally because my boss and I were going to an industry event later in the day to network with potential clients. So, I decided to wear a long, flowy black skirt and after trying many different tops finally paired it with a black cardigan that looked professional and put on a pair of low black heels that wouldn’t hurt walking around a tradeshow floor [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/09/the-life-of-a-working-mother/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How Do You Do It All?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/how-do-you-do-it-all/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/how-do-you-do-it-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Work Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Don't Know How she Does It]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Don't Know How She Does It Movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=5163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post originally ran on TheMamaBee.com. We&#8217;ve since replaced some of the activities listed below for new ones, but our house remains dirty and we still don&#8217;t have any friends. With the movie version of &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Know How She Does It&#8221; opening next month, we&#8217;re wondering, how do you do it all? Here&#8217;s our story: People always ask me, “How do you do it all?”  I am a full time working mother –in fact I’m the family breadwinner.  I am also president of the PTO, chair of a town committee, organizer of  an annual event for 400 attendees, and I moonlight as a freelance writer.  “It’s easy,” I tell them. “But my house is always dirty and I have no friends.”  And then the person who asked the question always laughs.  But I’m not joking. My house is dirty.  While my husband has the time to clean, he has no interest.  And I have neither the time nor the interest. Type As like me thrive on checking things off a to-do list and cleaning never comes off the list; by the time you get through all of the rooms in the house, you need to start over.  I don’t [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/how-do-you-do-it-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pumping at Work: Breastfeeding Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/pumping-at-work-breastfeeding-awareness-month/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/pumping-at-work-breastfeeding-awareness-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Work Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeefing at work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pumping at work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers and breastfeeding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=5057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Corporate lactation programs. Private pumping rooms. Informed, supportive HR specialists. If you read enough Best-Places-to Work-for-Mothers articles, you might think this is the reality for mothers returning to work post-baby. But for many women, pumping at work has its challenges. August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month, designed to remind us breast milk has many health benefits for both mother and baby. And there are benefits for businesses too. The World Alliance Breastfeeding Action (WABA) reports the benefits are significant, resulting in, &#8220;more satisfied, loyal employees and cost savings to the business&#8221; from a reduction in sick time for childrens&#8217; illnesses and lower health insurance.  The organization recommends all businesses &#8220;create a maternity policy that supports women in their desire to breastfeed and create a dedicated space where women can express milk in privacy.&#8221; But working women often face challenges when they return to their jobs after maternity leave. Finding the time and a private place to pump can be difficult. Storing milk and cleaning breast pump equipment can be frowned upon in employee break rooms, and working out a pumping plan can be an awkward conversation to have with an unsupportive boss. Even when a company is supportive, it can be exhausting for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/pumping-at-work-breastfeeding-awareness-month/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Working Mother Vents</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/a-working-mother-vents/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/a-working-mother-vents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Work Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=4399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I cried a little today. I needed to vent some frustration. I am frustrated because this Friday is the summer concert at my children&#8217;s school and I just found out. I may ask for some flex time to attend, even though it&#8217;s short notice, but my top priority is my daughter&#8217;s theatre performance. I wasn&#8217;t able to attend her fall performance due to short notice and a lack of flexibility at the time. And so I really want to attend the end of year show. If I can only attend one event, that would be my choice. It&#8217;s not just working parents who miss out when they can&#8217;t get to school events. If you&#8217;ve ever watched  a child on a school stage scan the audience anxiously looking for parents and then waving and smiling when they are spotted, you understand how important family involvement is to a child. Schools constantly remind us to take an active role in  our children&#8217;s education &#8211; that involvement should extend beyond academics. I may be able to attend both the concert and the theatre show &#8211; depending on what time of day they take place and how busy I am at work. The problem [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/a-working-mother-vents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Exclude Fathers at Your Own Risk</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/05/exclude-fathers-at-your-own-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/05/exclude-fathers-at-your-own-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 04:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golden gate mothers group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moms groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stay-at-home dads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helloladies.com/?p=4374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following a New York Times article about the wildly popular Golden Gate Mothers Group (GGMG) excluding dads, The Skinny Scoop asked people to weigh in on the decision. Half of the respondents answered the decision was &#8220;perfectly fine with them&#8221; because women should be able to form exclusive groups. www.skinnyscoop.com A reaction to the years of men-only clubs? Maybe. A conviction that clubs should be able to do what they want? Perhaps. Is it legal for the Golden Gate Group to bar men? That&#8217;s up for interpretation. Is it a good idea? We say no. It&#8217;s 2011, ladies. Women aren&#8217;t the only primary caregivers out there. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau there are 154,000 stay at-home fathers. Can they start their own groups? Sure, and in fact, they do. And is there a need for girl talk separate from guy talk? Heck, ya. But we believe there is a greater need for women and men to get together and work on the tough issues parents in today&#8217;s society phase. At a basic level, all parents, and their children, can benefit from information about playgroups- one of the key selling points of the GGMG. And stay at home dads need product recommendations, advice about communicating with teachers or [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://helloladies.com/2011/05/exclude-fathers-at-your-own-risk/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

