How to reconcile a busy family life and an inspiring job, when you’re constantly rushing from one thing to another yet feeling inadequate at both home and at work? In our blog Auntie’s CEO Mervi Lamminen shares tips on the kind of support employers can offer to mothers during hectic periods of life.
MiB International: Towards a more inclusive and equal working culture in Finland
Issues related to work-based immigration have recently received a lot of press coverage, inciting a lively debate about the bottlenecks in the internationalization of Finnish working life. There is much to be done in improving inclusiveness, eliminating discriminatory recruitment practices and improving the career opportunities of international professionals living in Finland. Through the MiB International project, Mothers in Business network now joins forces with its partner organizations in the efforts to promote the diversification of Finnish working life. How will MiB International project go on to promote the cause of international career-oriented mothers in Finland?
Mothers in Business wants to make working life more equal also for international mothers in Finland
Would you hire this woman? How we can all counter pregnancy discrimination in working life
Pregnancy discrimination is a tangible – and wretched – problem for equality in working life. It is a key form of discrimination associated with ones family situation. Pregnancy discrimination has a significant affect on the employment and career prospects of women and on the family plans of young adults in general. It is also a sign of outmoded attitudes and plain bad management practices.
The biggest problem internationals face on the Finnish job market – and 3 ways to solve it
What obstacles international women experience in their employment paths is Finland, and how the obstacles can be solved? Shadia Rask, PhD, gave the opening talk in MiB International and MiB Helsinki’s series of events discussing diversity, equality, and inclusion at work. She shared three diversity promoting, language aware solutions of Manifold more project. Read her blog!
