US Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners, will join Fem2.0′s last regular segment of the Wake Up! blog radio series, happening this Friday at 1:00 PM EST. In a discussion entitled, Fighting Words! Creating Change for Working Families, with host Suzanne Turner, Momsrising Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, and Family Values@Work [...]

 Thanks to Families and Work Institute, we’ve added a new segment to the Fem2.0 Wake Up! blog radio series, Work/Life and Kids: What Do Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents? Thanks to the Families and Work Institute, we’ve added a new segment to the Fem2.0 Wake Up! blog radio series, Work/Life and Kids: What [...]

Did you see the announcement? Fem2.0 is kicking off the New Year with Wake Up, This Is the Reality!, a campaign to help change the way Americans talk and think about work and to begin shifting the national narrative away from privileged "balance" and corporate perspectives to one that reflects the reality on the ground [...]

The now-infamous Stupak-Pitts Amendment, attached late Saturday night to the House health care reform bill, might stand out for its unprecedented assault on a woman’s right to choose (not to mention the right of individuals and insurance companies to operate independently of Catholic bishops). But it is also the latest in a long line of [...]

So I’m skimming through an entertainment article in the Daily Mail (from across the pond) this morning when suddenly I come across a completely random rant against working mothers and maternity leave. Written by a woman. I just about choked on my coffee. Check it out: Excessive maternity leave hampers women in the workplace Why [...]

Find the full transcript here. 10:05 pm ReeveFdnIS: @Fem2pt0 Setting priorities is a big issue, finding time for yourself #fem2 10:06 pm ReeveFdnIS: If you do not find a balance, it is so easy for life to feel overwhelming #fem2 10:07 pm moneyinmiddle: Long distance caregiving is very hard — guilt when you’re not there, [...]

There has been much talk in the news and among the mom blogs about the Opt-Out Revolution.  The phrase, coined by Lisa Belkin in a 2003 New York Times Magazine article, refers to highly-educated professional women who, upon entering parenthood, choose to stay home with their children as full-time caregivers rather than try to juggle [...]

Stacey’s story originally appeared as part of The NFCA Story Project. Stacey lives in Carteret, New Jersey. My name is Stacey. I am a 40 year old single white female. I am a caregiver to both my mother & grandmother. I have been assisting both of them for 8 years now. My grandmother is 76 [...]

Angelina’s story originally appeared as part of The NFCA Story Project. Angelina lives in Laguna Niguel, California. My name is Angelina. I am 39 years old, I am the single mother of two wonderful daughters ages 16 and 13, divorced 3 times and I have been caring for my 56 year old mother Carolyne for [...]

My name is Sylvia and I care for my ailing mother. Mom has been battling stage 3 cancer since 1996. While she has beat the cancer (to date), the chemotherapy has left her with congestive heart failure. I received a call from a doctor 2 years ago telling me that my mother only has 15% [...]