Marina Cavazza

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Emilie, France/China

Conference interpreter
Separated
Mother of a 6-year-old girl
 
“I did part of my studies in France and worked there as a freelancer for
a decade. Then I went back to China where I passed a competitive global exam organized by the UN and when they had a vacancy they offered me
a position in Geneva.
We adopted our daughter from China. It was planned, however, we did not know when we would get her, to the point that I couldn’t sign up for the crèche the way you do when you get pregnant. When she finally joined us here, the adoption leave I could take was only half the time of the maternity leave, which I thought was very short, since an adopted child needs time to adjust to the new family and environment. Luckily my daughter adapted rather well.”

Geneva, April 2015

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Emilie, France/China <br /> <br /> Conference interpreter<br /> Separated<br /> Mother of a 6-year-old girl<br />  <br /> “I did part of my studies in France and worked there as a freelancer for <br /> a decade. Then I went back to China where I passed a competitive global exam organized by the UN and when they had a vacancy they offered me <br /> a position in Geneva. <br /> We adopted our daughter from China. It was planned, however, we did not know when we would get her, to the point that I couldn’t sign up for the crèche the way you do when you get pregnant. When she finally joined us here, the adoption leave I could take was only half the time of the maternity leave, which I thought was very short, since an adopted child needs time to adjust to the new family and environment. Luckily my daughter adapted rather well.”<br /> <br /> Geneva, April 2015