MOTHER´S WORK MATTERS
MOTHER´S WORK MATTERS AND IT SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR CV.
The space that recognises the social, economic and emotional value of maternity and raising children.
78%
OF MOTHERS IN THE EU WANT TO CARE FULL-TIME FOR THEIR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF ONE YEAR *
(*) What Matters to Mothers in Europe, Survey of Mothers in Europe 2011.
31%
OF THE EMPLOYED WOMEN IN THE EU WORK ON A PART-TIME BASIS COMPARED WITH 8 % FOR MEN **
(**) Eurostat Employment statistics Europe 2017
20%
LESS PER HOUR IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORKING PART-TIME AND WORKING FULL-TIME IN THE EU ***
(***) Are part-time workers less productive and underpaid? Europe 2016
mowom makes motherhood and nurturing tasks visible, giving them an economic, social and emotional value outside the private sphere.
It is not about perpetuating the roles of carer for women and worker for men, but about equating parenting with a professional job.
Our aim is to...
...make it possible for women who have become mothers to return to a profession they love and for which they have been trained, when they decide and without any penalty.
Personal and professional development. Co-responsibility. Sustainability. Ecofeminism.
How do we do it?
With Mothers
Including the time of parenting and nurturing on your CV
We encourage women who have lived or are living this stage to incorporate their care work in their CV, providing free tools to help define their experience. We also invite them to join us in promoting and spreading our message through the publication of the mowom logo to create a great community.
With Companies
Raising awareness among companies and organisations
Companies are necessary agents of change. Therefore, we want to involve them by raising awareness and encouraging them to consider the CVs of women who return to paid work after a period of child-rearing and to incorporate policies that recognise and integrate this reality in order to become more sustainable and fairer organisations.
Raising children empowers a multitude of skills and aptitudes that bring value to companies.
PERSONAL
SELF-CONFIDENCE · DISCIPLINE · FLEXIBILITY · CURIOSITY
SOCIAL
TEAMWORK · COMMUNICATION · EMPATHY · ASSERTIVENESS
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATION · INITIATIVE · LEADERSHIP · PROBLEM-SOLVING · ADAPTABILITY
Hi, I'm Raquel
I'm an industrial engineer and I worked for many years in the automotive industry. But it was a job that was incompatible with my values. After two years on leave, dedicated to training, pregnancy and raising a baby almost exclusively, I found myself with the problem of the gap in my CV. Far from wanting to hide it, I felt I had done a job and wanted to show it.
Inspired by the US website The Pregnancy Pause, and with the aim of recognising and giving visibility to all this time, as well as all the skills acquired, I decided to create mowom.
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After a time of testing and reflection, and having found the right support, today I want to encourage other women in the process of including this stage in their CVs.
And also, I want to use my experience as a sustainability consultant to raise awareness and educate companies about the importance of considering these profiles in their selection processes, promoting equality and co-responsibility policies.