@EqualHome

Four founders passionate about increasing equity of opportunity. We believe equality starts at home. Follow and join us, all welcome ✊

 UK & USA
equalitystartsathome.com
Joined September 2020
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Dec 1 already! As we prepare for the festive season #ESAH will share timely tips during #advent how to #sharethecare & #emotionallabour First @EverydaySexism’s Laura Bates challenges us to give🧑‍🎄 a break What new traditions could YOU start this year? theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

‘I think my husband thinks Santa does it all’: why women dread the emotional labour of Christmas

Buying presents, decorating the tree, food shopping - it’s all part of the festive run-up. But what is often forgotten is the extra work women do in smoothing over complex family emotions

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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66866879 enlightening report about gender housework gap - do take the equalitystartsahome.org quiz to check out your gender gap

Women still do more housework, survey suggests

Most people in the UK agree household tasks should be shared - but women still do more, an annual survey finds.

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amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/18/e…. Spain equality ministry launches app to monitor share of couples chores as a way to improve gender equality

Do men shun household chores? Spain is launching an app to find out | CNN

Spain’s equality ministry says it will launch an app designed to monitor the sharing of chores between members of a household, as part of a drive to improve gender equality.

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Great to hear @ManginoKate talk on @BBCRadio4 tonight about equality in the home
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Brilliant to get together with the @EqualHome team at the @lead5050 #genderpaygap event today
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Prof Jackie Carter@JackieCarter18 Apr 2023
The power of the words filling this room is immense. Now let’s take action. @PayGapApp @GM4Women2028 @EqualHome @lead5050
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We would love to hear from any workers with #LongCovid around the world about: What have been the key enablers that have helped you to return and stay at work? #LongCovidWork
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Important topic closing the gendered influence gap
Carla Miller@carlacmiller15 Sep 2022
So delighted to be featured in Management Today's list of the best books for leaders to read this year! Available on Kindle for 99p for today only.
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#QueenElizabeth #RIP ultimate matriarch, hard working life of public service. #equal & supportive partnership at home. Celebrating 25 yrs of marriage in 1972 said ‘no marriage can hope to succeed without a deliberate effort to be tolerant & understanding’ theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…

‘We shall be worthy of our duty’: the Queen’s most memorable speeches

From wartime broadcasts to Christmas Day messages, here are excerpts from some of her best-known addresses

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Great insights in @ManginoKate 📕about equality in the 🏡 Set expectations at the start of a relationship - it’s easier to establish patterns than to change a relationship 20 years in. Benefits of an equal 🏡 inc good relationships with kids, a decent sex life and being yourself
When little girls watch this they will no longer say I can’t play #football #Eurofinal #Lionesses
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Great to see right at the beginning of the equal parenting journey
Prof Jackie Carter@JackieCarter27 Jul 2022
Replying to @dadmattersuk
@dadmattersuk saw this at the MRI today. Do you know about @EqualHome? And @GM4Women2028? Let’s connect. Am involved with both.
lnkd.in/esSr6WZ Check out 👇podcast with the brilliant @carlacmiller interviewing @CTwelvetrees about #equality in the home

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Emotional labour strikes again - tasks divided on gendered lines
Sonya Bonczek@SonyaBonczek12 Jul 2022
Been running into dads of my 3yo’s classmates and asking for their emails for his birthday party and so far 3 out of 3 dads have proceeded to give me their wives’ emails instead. This is now a social experiment.
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Delighted that @EqualHome is now registered as a #charity Join us to achieve our vision of making #equality at home a reality for all
Why 2 weeks paternity leave is just not enough. Fathers cannot properly bond with their children - we must fix the shared parental leave offer - it is not working theguardian.com/commentisfre…

My husband took shared parental leave – for far too many fathers, it’s still an impossibility |...

Sharing our baby’s care has given my partner the time to bond with our son. Why is this a privilege, not a right? says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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Equality Starts at Home@EqualHome16 Jun 2022
Fantastic safe space conversation Let’s Talk about #fatherhood in advance of #FathersDay with special guest @DadLaSoul talking about the isolation, rewards, challenges and stereotypes of fatherhood
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Fantastic safe space conversation Let’s Talk about #fatherhood in advance of #FathersDay with special guest @DadLaSoul talking about the isolation, rewards, challenges and stereotypes of fatherhood
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Equality Starts at Home@EqualHome1 Jun 2022
Where can you discuss being a Dad? #EqualityStartsatHome is a movement to change outdated stereotypes & expectations about 'domestic' work & our next event focuses on Dads' experiences Join us in an online conversation about fatherhood & isolation on 14 June @ 6pm BST - Link👇
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Where can you discuss being a Dad? #EqualityStartsatHome is a movement to change outdated stereotypes & expectations about 'domestic' work & our next event focuses on Dads' experiences Join us in an online conversation about fatherhood & isolation on 14 June @ 6pm BST - Link👇
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We invite men to join us to talk in confidence about fatherhood & parenting experiences w/ guest speaker from inspirational Dad La Soul joining us to discuss the benefits of Dads' groups. Connect & help inform our work. 📨[email protected] to register #Inclusion
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