Culture

Think disease doesn’t discriminate? The gender bias of Covid-19

It’s time to consider the impact the pandemic is having on women

By Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia for Future Women

Culture

It’s time to consider the impact the pandemic is having on women

By Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia for Future Women

Google ‘Mother’s Day’ images and you will be bombarded with flowers and greeting cards as well as pictures of domestic bliss. Happy children, sparkling homes, well stocked kitchens and home-made goodies surrounding blissful mothers staring adoringly at their partners and children.

But like an iceberg or a duck swimming in the pond, there is an awful lot of paddling going on underneath the surface. Kitchens don’t stock themselves and we all know children need assistance with everything.