10 Ways To Bring Greater Equality To Your Partnership During Lockdown

There has been a great deal of discussion on the effect that lockdown will have on the feminist movement with the impact of home-schooling, domestic help and childcare unavailable, and the stress and strain of family life in confined spaces making it difficult to work and advance professionally. I wrote a few articles on ways to manage childcare whilst working from home and the importance of sharing childcare 50/50 but got lots of feedback that the burden was still having a way too disproportionate negative impact on women. So here are some practical and actionable tips to bring greater equality to your partnership in the current crisis:

· Remember you are a partnership — it takes two to tango, as they say. The foundations of your relationship were likely started on a shared love and respect for each other and the desire to make each other happy. Remember that still needs to be part of the contract so don’t be afraid to remind each other if needed!

· Believe in your own worth — it’s not because you are a woman that you need to make the sacrifice. You need to level up and take ownership of your unique contribution to the world and recognise that the world needs what you have to offer in the professional sphere too. Until you believe in yourself, the world will have a hard time seeing it too!