TED Talks
TED: Why paternity leave benefits everyone | Shu Matsuo Post
Paternity leave has many benefits for dads, their partners and their babies -- but did you know it also has surprising benefits for companies? This is what author Shu Matsuo Post learned from his seven transformative months of paternity...
TED Talks
TED: How the US fails working parents -- and what they need to thrive | Reshma Saujani
The pandemic brought into sharp focus the crisis in caregiving in the United States, which woefully under provides support for parents. Activist and Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani has a proposal to address that -- something she...
TED Talks
TED: Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family | Diana Adams
The nuclear family model may no longer be the norm in the US, but it's still the basis for social and economic benefits like health care, tax breaks and citizenship. Lawyer and LBGTQIA advocate Diana Adams believes that all families,...
TED Talks
TED: A close-to-home solution for accessible childcare | Chris Bennett
Childcare needs a transformation -- but rather than investing billions in new buildings and schools, what if we could unlock the potential of people already nearby? Entrepreneur Chris Bennett offers an innovative way to tackle the...
Curated Video
The Benefits of Living in Cooperative Housing
This video features personal stories from members of housing cooperatives in Switzerland, highlighting the social, environmental, and economic benefits of this alternative living arrangement. Building Tomorrow episode 6, part 6
Curated Video
Eco Learning and Building at UniverCity Preschool
At UniverCity, a sustainable kindergarten fosters an early understanding of ecology through hands-on activities like vermicomposting. The facility uses eco-friendly materials and efficient energy systems, emphasizing simplicity and local...
Financial Times
Can UK childcare be fixed?
FT public policy reporter Bethan Staton on why childcare is rising fast up the agenda in Westminster and for businesses. UK parents pay more, struggle to find places for their children... and want employers and policymakers to help sort...
PBS
Why Doesn't the US Have Paid Parental Leave?
The day is finally here! Your baby has arrived and you're officially a new parent! But how long until that new baby smell wears off and you're forced to return to work and find reliable childcare? Today Danielle looks at the history...
Curated Video
The UK’s Baby Shortage (and the Government's Plans to Fix it)
Over the last few decades, the UK's birth rate has been slowly dropping, and now half of women in England and Wales are childless by their 30th birthday. So in this video, we drill down into the data, why it's a problem and how Sunak...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Economics of Care
Nancy Folbre is an American feminist economist who focuses on economics and the family, non-market work and the economics of care. She is Professor Emirita of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who has written...
Healthcare Triage
Covid Vaccine Month of Action
The Biden administration has announced a new a goal when it comes to Covid-19 vaccinations in the US: It aims for at least 70% of Americans to receive at least one dose by July 4th. The current administration has announced a plan and...
The Wall Street Journal
Kat Cole on Effective, Inclusive Leadership in Moments of Crisis
Kat Cole, president and chief operating officer of Focus Brands, discusses the unique perspective female leaders offer during tumultuous times, as well as how she is rethinking growth opportunities and company culture in response to the...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mothers of Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Until reletively recently, childcare and parental leave were not a...
Economics Explained
Is Hyperinflation Coming?: What Is Inflation?
Inflation is something we more or less take for granted these days. The idea that 5 dollars today is not going to be able to buy 5 dollars worth of stuff in the future, and the fact that you used to be able to buy a family home for 10...
The Guardian
Space to Be: the fight to keep this Belfast women’s centre open
In the heart of the Village, a loyalist area in Belfast, the Windsor Women’s Centre has fought a 30-year battle to keep its doors open. The centre, an oasis for vulnerable women, is deeply rooted in the community. As it faces financial...
ShortCutsTv
Using Non-Human Animals in Research
This film begins by looking at how animals were used in psychological research, looking particularly at Harlow's experiments isolating rhesus monkeys in what he himself described as 'the pit of despair'. It then looks at the regulation...
Financial Times
How to parent: a psychotherapist's view
Psychotherapist Philippa Perry explains how we should shift our childcare focus away from longer term goals to being in the present with them and building an ongoing respectful relationship.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
America Has No Problems... That Five Years of Full Employment Wouldn’t Fix
During the pandemic, many American workers have been forced to choose between their health and their jobs. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Suresh Naidu, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Columbia University, argues that a...
Curated Video
Parents are paying the same amount for childcare as they are rent
More than 13.6 million parents rely on paid caregivers. (Scripps News)
Press Association
Social Democrats ‘being honest’ by not committing to tax cuts
An “honest and upfront” approach from the Social Democrats not to promise undeliverable tax cuts is resonating with the electorate, the party’s deputy leader has said. Launching the Social Democrats’ manifesto, Cian O’Callaghan insisted...
Press Association
Leaders arrive for election debate at RTE
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald, Roderic O'Gorman of the Green Party, Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael, Simon Harris and Tanaiste and leader of Fianna Fail, Micheal Martin arrive for RTE Leaders' Debate. Ten party leaders are to...
Press Association
Labour Party conference day four – delegates back motion to reverse winter fuel allowance cut
Labour's annual conference concluded on Wednesday with the Government facing a call from delegates to reverse the cut to the winter fuel allowance. Health Secretary Wes Streeting promised he would not "back down" on NHS reform, and...
Press Association
Budget will have a 1.2 billion euro package for childcare, says O'Gorman
Green Party leader and Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman says the Budget will have a 1.2 billion euro package for childcare.
Press Association
Publicly-funded affordable childcare will be a “key priority” for Fine Gael
Publicly-funded affordable childcare will be a “key priority” for Fine Gael in the next government, party leader Simon Harris has said. Mr Harris was speaking to reporters at the Fine Gael parliamentary party think-in at Tullamore, Co...