• Men are also more likely to worry about work when not at work and  working flexibly

• When mothers use flexible working, they are also more likely than their male colleagues to face flexibility stigma.

• Flexible working led to income premiums for men but not for women.

• More than a quarter of mothers experienced negative career consequences.

• If more people work flexibly and overwork is less prevalent in companies.

• Almost half of all fathers in the data said they themselves experienced some negative outcomes due to colleagues working flexibly.

• Almost two out of five men surveyed said that flexible workers generally make more work for others.

• Where the number of hours worked per week/day is set within boundaries, seems to result in better outcomes compared to complete

autonomy over your working time.

•  Mothers or those with care responsibilities, do not feel like they can extend their working days.

2. Question stereotypes: Talk about how boys and girls can do any job or activity, don't limit based on old ideas, breaking stereotypes is important for breaking gaps between genders in jobs and roles.

3. Help women be independent with money: Make sure women can earn money so they don’t have to depend on someone else, this gives them more freedom, when women have their own opportunities it helps them promoting gender equality.

4. Communication: Talk about feelings and dreams with everyone in the family, this helps understand each other better and prevents gender related misunderstandings.

5. Establish values of respect and equality: Create a family that values and promotes respect and equality for all members no matter the gender, have regular conversations about the importance of treating everyone with respect, this can contribute to an inclusive family environment.

·      Closure of schools has increased the caregiving on families especially women.

·      Working from home brings back traditional gender roles in caregiving and household responsibilities.

·      A German study found that women working from home often end up doing three more hours of childcare while men working from home increase their overtime hours.

·      Societal beliefs still think women has the primary responsibility for housework and caregiving while men are expected to be the “difficult job”.

·      With schools and nurseries closed women are going to take the role of teaching while doing their own work responsibilities.

·      Mothers should recognize the hard work that they are doing and prioritize their mental health.

·      Women are facing a lot of work, house duties, teaching, and emotional support for their family increasing their stress levels and risking mental health issues.

·      The conventional working norm where employees are expected to focus only on work, is seen unrealistic for both genders with the current things happening.

·      Fathers should also practice these roles, not only for immediate benefits but also to have a balanced society.

· Yes because there's a lot wrong ideas about stereotypes that impact wrong on gender equality.

· I can help doing some house work.

· Unfortunately my mom died a long time ago so my dad does the work while the cleaning lady in my house takes all the house work, she gets well pay, also it's her work choice and usually we individually take care of our own task so she really doesn’t have much work to do, and my dad really didn’t have much to tell me.