2024-12-10
24 分钟Discussion keeps the world turning.
This is Round Table.
The Rise of Mom Posts these job listings targeting mothers has sparked a debate.
Are these positions empowering working mothers or keeping them stuck in low wage roles?
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Coming to you live from Beijing.
This is Roundtable.
I'm He Yang.
For today's program, I'm joined by Neil Honglin and Fei Fei in the studio.
First on today's show, Qingdao City, well in eastern China's Shandong province has introduced 190 job positions specifically designed for mothers, most likely that they're maybe coming back to work after giving birth to kids or whatnot.
And these positions offering flexible hours and less demanding roles are aimed at supporting moms with young children, especially those looking to return to the work after a break.
However, are these jobs truly empowering women and creating a more fertility friendly environment or do they risk reinforcing gender expectations and pigeonholing mothers into roles with limited growth potential?
So let's take a look at, you know, these new job listings apparently targeting moms and do you like them?
Well, the announcement coming from the city of Qingdao is actually one of the latest government directories that's published in the province of Shandong.
In fact, in September of this year the provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security have issued a notice on promoting employment model targeting mothers, especially those who wish to work or return to the workplace.
And in November of this year, a district in the city of Linyi, which is also a city within the province of Shandong, they also issued an announcement soliciting mother's post from the society.
And these positions require flexible working hours and are suitable for mothers who work from home.
So jobs like home customer service, e commerce, live streaming or handmade products making or other positions that can help mother who are taking care of a child within inside her home and in the city of Qingdao this time as he mentioned, they included 190 job positions from seven employers.