Balancing Act: Women of color often face greater challenges By Renée Bacher [caption id="attachment_13083" align="alignleft" width="600"] Cropped shot of a little girl using a laptop with her mother at home[/caption] Last spring, when Frankie Robertson, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, started her social justice consulting firm, The Amandla...
Returnship programs and open-minded companies spell a positive trend for people who’ve taken a career break By Katie Morell A little more than six years ago, Rita Kakati-Shah excitedly walked into her boss’s office in New York City to deliver the news of her first pregnancy. She was expecting...
[caption id="attachment_8308" align="alignleft" width="225"] Women, One Woman Only, Home, Smiling, Businesswoman, Laptop, Computer, Home Office, Tablet[/caption] A growing number of companies are offering telecommuting and remote work options—and that’s especially good news for women By Kimberly Olson A few years ago, attorney Caroline C. Maxwell was working at her firm’s...