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Author Hietanen, Merit

Title The Humanitarian Parent Balancing Work and Family in the Aid Sector
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (294 p.)
Series Routledge Humanitarian Studies
Routledge humanitarian studies series.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I The humanitarian workplace and what it does to parents -- Chapter 1 The work culture in a humanitarian workplace -- Chapter 2 Why is change necessary and how do we get there? -- Part II For the ones thinking about having children -- Chapter 3 Making a decision about having children -- Chapter 4 Childless not by choice and how to get out of it -- Part III Life of a parent in the aid sector -- Chapter 5 Mothers who work on national contracts
Chapter 6 LGBTQIA+ parents -- Chapter 7 Single mothers -- Chapter 8 Trailing spouses or unemployed aid workers -- Chapter 9 Fathers -- Chapter 10 The humanitarian nannies: the dependency of aid parents on domestic staff -- Part IV A sector in change: where do we go next? -- Chapter 11 What have policies given us? -- Chapter 12 Making humanitarian contexts more compatible with parenthood -- Chapter 13 Parental leave: where are we and where should we go? -- Chapter 14 Office hours and flexible working arrangements: what needs to change? -- Epilogue -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Humanitarian aid workers -- Social conditions
Work-life balance.
Work and family.
Work and family
Work-life balance
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781003804802
1003804802