Achieving gender equality through paid and unpaid work: an exploration of mothers’ perspectives on work
Autor:innen
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
05.04.2023
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
Social Sciences
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
12
Ausgabe / Nummer
4
Seiten / Dauer
218-241
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
MDPI
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Basel
Auflage
Version
Programmiersprache
Abtretungsempfänger:in
Praxispartner:in/Auftraggeber:in
Zusammenfassung
The prevailing understanding of work as paid work is reflected in political efforts to achieve gender equality, which include emphasising that women, like men, should increasingly pursue paid work. This exploratory research aims to question whether this idea to align female with male life patterns is conducive to gender equality and to promote new insights based on mothers’ experiences. Our analysis is based on guided interviews with eight Swiss mothers in part-time employment who have at least one child aged three or older, and a working partner in the same household. The interviews show that these mothers do not share the expectation that all mothers should take on the main responsibility for domestic and care work, nor the expectation that all women should be doing full-time paid work. They would like to see greater acceptance and appreciation of different forms of work. This research concludes that gender justice can be understood as a freedom of choice that includes both the right to be doing paid work and the right to have time for domestic and care work - for men and women. Gender equality efforts do not have to be restricted to one form of work, but can leave room for different types of work and the appreciation of them.
Schlagwörter
paid work, unpaid work, domestic work, care work, gender equality, feminism, motherhood, mothers
Fachgebiet (DDC)
360 - Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
2076-0760
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Gold
Lizenz
Zitation
MADÖRIN, Sarah und Sofia JACINTO, 2023. Achieving gender equality through paid and unpaid work: an exploration of mothers’ perspectives on work. Social Sciences. 5 April 2023. Bd. 12, Nr. 4, S. 218–241. DOI 10.3390/socsci12040218. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-7581