The humanitarian parent: balancing work and family in the aid sector
In: Routledge humanitarian studies
The work culture in a humanitarian workplace -- Why is change necessary and how do we get there? -- Making a decision about having children -- Childless not by choice and how to get out of it -- Mothers who work on national contracts -- LGBTQIA+ parents -- Single mothers -- Trailing spouses or unemployed aid workers -- Fathers -- The humanitarian nannies : the dependency of aid parents on domestic staff -- What have policies given us? -- Making humanitarian contexts be more compatible with motherhood -- Parental leave, where are we and where should we go? -- Office hours and flexible working arrangements : what needs to change?