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Statista has projections of how challenging the inclusion of women in the labor market becomes in markets like the United States.
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As the ManpowerGroup study shows the challenge in the labor market with other Indeed projections.
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There is a greater awareness of the challenge of incorporating women into the labor market, but also bad practices that need to be banished.
A study tells of what limits women caring for children to perform in the labor market and with this we can have a diagnosis related to the commemoration of Mother’s Day, soon to be celebrated.
“Working moms have struggled to carve out a place in the world of work, while balancing motherhood. A new study this year shows a correlation between working mothers and the earning potential of their adult daughters. Daughters with a working mother are more likely to earn more and have supervisory roles in their workplace. Children of working mothers are more likely to spend more time per week caring for family members.” Sarah Feldmananalyst of Statesman when presenting a study exclusively to platform subscribers.
Childcare and the labor market
Childcare limits at least eight percent of the women interviewed from entering the labor market, as noted by a study conducted by ManpowerGroup.
“Child care challenges continue to be a barrier for women who require work, leading them to focus their job search on occupations where they can have a better work-life balance,” she explained. Martha BarrosoDirector of People & Culture LATAM of ManpowerGroupprior to the celebration of Mother’s Day, which seeks to raise awareness about the challenges that exist in the market in favor of women who are mothers.
Along with that eight percent, there is another seven percent of women who do not enter the labor market because they are pending household chores, that is, there are still great pending issues in Mexico in a culture of gender parity, so from At the root of the household, impediments remain that limit women from carrying out a substantial change.
These cases are important trends where a resource allows us to understand how valuable the market has become and how important it is for audiences to get involved in the market with increasingly important resources in terms of talent, thinking from home.
Like this perspective that Manpower has on the labor market for women, Indeed also assures that labor flexibility is key to guarantee this greater participation of mothers in the labor market.
“Give parents, and especially mothers, the flexibility they need to care for their children when they are sick or need care for any reason; be at home when their children come home from school; and go to their activities. Flexible and hybrid work schedules could help working mothers to adapt their time management and be able to take care of their children”, explains Madalina Secareanu, Senior Manager of Corporate Communications at Indeed for LATAM.
Figures from Motherly’s 2022 State of Motherhood survey revealed that the number of women who left the labor market was double compared to men, which shows the inclusion challenges for women and, most importantly, the challenge for organizations to have the right talent, in the face of practices that are out of date,
