by Margaret E Ward | Jun 19, 2025 | Brand journalism
When you are working and raising young children, you have little time to think about your own health or your physical and mental needs. It is an oversight that is reinforced by social and cultural messages that encourage women to subsume their needs for others. We...
by Margaret E Ward | Jun 13, 2025 | Brand journalism
Childcare is Ireland’s impossible equation. No matter how much you try to solve for X – working from home, asking relatives for help, using crèches, childminders and availing of State subsidies and payments – it seems designed to break you financially and emotionally....
by Margaret E Ward | Jun 6, 2025 | Brand journalism
Women are financially disadvantaged throughout their lives. From paying the ‘pink tax’ – more for similar clothing and toiletries compared to men – to the gender pay gap, pensions and inheritance gaps, it’s much harder for women to attain and maintain...
by Margaret E Ward | May 23, 2025 | Brand journalism
Congratulations! You got the big promotion you’ve always wanted. It was a hard slog, but you were focused, worked hard to meet the company’s goals and directed your team well. You’ve made the great leap from manager to leader. Now what? If you’re a new leader or...
by Margaret E Ward | May 15, 2025 | Brand journalism
The eyeroll says it all. You’re in another meeting with that manager who loves meetings about meetings. She’s waffling on again, and your colleagues are failing to contain their disdain; it’s all nail-biting, clock-watching, side-eye glancing and leg jiggling. As...
by Margaret E Ward | May 12, 2025 | Brand journalism
Many moons ago, I worked at a place that had a novel way of celebrating women. The top guy wore pink socks (possibly the same pair) for a week. To be fair, the company was raising funds for a women’s charity, but as a woman, I would have preferred better working...
