Work and labor

Paid Parental Leave: Is the United States Better Than Nigeria?

Women’s labor market participation in Africa and the West can be traced back to the impact of the second world war, feminism, and women’s emancipation movements. As a result of women’s labor market participation, families needed more time and hands to cater to childcare and eldercare since women’s tasks were no longer restricted to domestic

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Slavery Still Exists: Understanding Modern Slavery

Those who are not familiar with conversations within the labor market, human rights, and migration studies might perhaps not be familiar with the term “modern slavery.” Modern slavery employs force and exploitation as a means of getting people to work or perform other actions. Badmus, Oladiran, and Badmus provide an extensive definition; to them it

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Pregnancy Leave: Can We Make a Case for This?

“Journey,” as a word somewhat sounds cliche. It could mean anything considering the situation. In this case, “journey” means a part that leads to motherhood and parenting. This journey is the pregnancy journey. Pregnancy comes with various changes and experiences. Varying from swollen legs, chubby look, bleeding, heartburn, indigestion, dizziness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting,

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COVID-19 Threatens Gender Equality and Work-Life Balance for Working Mothers

It is projected that an increase in women’s labor force participation would boost the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 13 trillion in 2030. – Mckinsey Backstory: When the pandemic earlier began to ravage the world, I asked in one of my blog stories, should we take a feminist analysis of the pandemic serious? In

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The Future of Work and the Promotion of Labor Inequality

At times, it seems as if I cheated myself studying humanities (arts / liberal arts). I’d often ask, “Fisayo, why did you go to the University to study French and gender studies without taking a minor in economics, computer science, or information science?” Though, I remembered I was not good at crunching numbers in secondary

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