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SUMMARY:Seminar: Greater gender equality\, (un)happier families? - Profess
 or Karen Henwood\, Cardiff University Professor\;  Janet Walker\, Universi
 ty of Newcastle\;   Lynn Prince Cooke\, University of Kent\;   Emilia Del 
 Bono\, Institute for Social &amp\; Economic Research\;  Vanessa Gash\, Uni
 versity of Manchester\;  Denise Hawke
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DTEND:20101209T163000Z
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DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to announce a seminar exploring gender equalit
 y effects on family relationships\, parental and child wellbeing. Changing
  gender relations have created considerable challenges for family relation
 ships\, especially after the transition to parenthood when the division of
  breadwinning and caring for the children require (re)negotiating. Have wo
 men’s and men’s ideals of work-family arrangements changed in theory o
 nly? Or have expectations actually changed\, so that subjective wellbeing 
 and relationship stability may in fact benefit from more gender equal rela
 tionships? How do different work and care arrangements impact on child wel
 lbeing in the current context of limited availability of childcare and par
 ental leave? Are there possibly trade-offs between gender equality and mot
 hers’ and fathers’ wellbeing as a result of increased workload and str
 ess? The seminar will present recent evidence on how couples’ earning ar
 rangements and their division of housework and parenting are associated wi
 th relationship quality\, parental and child wellbeing. It will present ne
 w studies based on large scale representative survey data as well as quali
 tative evidence in order to better understand the underlying family dynami
 cs. Its scope is interdisciplinary covering psychological\, sociological a
 nd social policy research. In the context of current economic pressures on
  families and re-emerging discussions about relationship policies and marr
 iage incentives\, the seminar aims to contribute to policy debates by exam
 ining the compatibility of policy goals of promoting child development\, r
 elationship stability\, parental work-life balance and gender equality.\n
LOCATION:Mond Building Seminar Room\, Free School Lane
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