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  • Ana, Brazil<br />
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Stay-at-home mother, dancer, costume and set designer<br />
Swiss-German partner<br />
Mother of an 8-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy<br />
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“I'm from Brazil. I studied architecture, but I stopped when I became a mother. It was too hard to reconcile those things. The studies weren't going very well anyway, but there was no day care either and I was very much confronted with myself. I thought  "do I try and work on my career, carry on with my studies and get a degree, or do I just enter this new world which is opening up in front of me?" I was very much divided over it, but little <br />
by little I entered motherhood completely. It doesn't even feel as if it was a choice. It just happened.”<br />
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Geneva, November 2013
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  • Petina, Zimbabwe <br />
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International trade lawyer, writer<br />
Single <br />
Mother of an 11-year-old boy<br />
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“If you’re an international trade lawyer, there’s only one place to be and that’s Geneva. We are an unusual family in that we all live in different countries: our son attends a boarding school in Scotland, I’m in Geneva and his dad is in Zimbabwe. I sometimes think I became an accidental mother. <br />
I was never a traditional woman in the sense that I wanted marriage and children and a white picket fence. Motherhood is something that happened to me and I’m very happy for it. I feel my son has completely changed my life in a way that being a lawyer or a writer hadn’t. He is the one person I can truly be myself with. It’s unconditional.”<br />
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Geneva, March 2015
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Marina, Italy <br />
Freelance photographer<br />
Italian partner <br />
Mother of a 7-year-old girl and twin 5-year-old boys <br />
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“Mothering means a lot of work but in the sense it has to do with building human relations and sharing your life with other people. As I made the choice to live as a couple and have children I knew that a lot of my time would be spent with these people. Identity evolves with motherhood. Once that has happened, I felt like I had lost the old self of mine and I had to create a new one for my new life. I can no longer freely choose what I want to do, nor where or when I want to do it. I need to be constantly “disponibile” - in other words, psychologically and physically available <br />
to others.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2013
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  • Oksana, Ukraine<br />
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Historian, academic<br />
Italian husband<br />
Mother of a 3-year-old boy<br />
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“Back in Ukraine I studied International Relations and first came to Geneva for internships at the Ukrainian mission to the UN. I continued with my Master’s and then the PhD and met my husband in Geneva. It has been 14 years now. One needs to be embedded in the local culture to have a sense of home because the feeling that you don’t belong anywhere doesn’t help in life. My children’s home is here. For me Geneva cannot be home entirely because part of my heart is somewhere else and it’s normal for people who migrate and leave their own countries. I will always have this complex identity, which integrates some new local features and keeps some of the old.”<br />
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Geneva, May 2015
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  • Marcella, Italy<br />
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UN Human rights specialist<br />
French-Cameroonian partner<br />
Mother of two girls, ages 8 and 6-years-old<br />
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“I moved to Geneva in order to put the children to a safe environment. We were both working at the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo when my first daughter was born. It never crossed my mind to give up my job or even change it. It was more a question of finding a reliable nanny and making sure the baby didn’t contract malaria... but when the fighting broke out <br />
in Kinshasa, as a parent, I came to realise I could no longer work there. Coming here meant that we are now living in two different places, as my husband stayed in Congo. It was not the original plan, we were supposed <br />
to find jobs in the same place, but it is taking longer than expected.”<br />
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Geneva, May 2014
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  • Stéphanie, Germany<br />
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Medical doctor, <br />
Mother of three, 10, 8 and 6 years-old<br />
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“Being a working expatriate, mothering and educating my children in a foreign country is a big strain and sometimes runs against my wishes and values.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2017
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  • Barbara, Ireland<br />
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Part-time PhD Student, former researcher for an NGO in human rights<br />
British partner<br />
Mother of a 3-year-old girl<br />
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“I always knew I wanted to have children, so that was a given. That was for me as important as having a career, and had we stayed in London, things might have been different. I would have stayed in the job, I would have hopefully had a job where I could cut for a part-time and it was kind of the move to Geneva that messed that up a bit. I still want to work, obviously, I want to be a good role model for my daughter, I want to have a life outside of home, but I’m not remotely as driven as I used to be.”<br />
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Geneva, March 2013
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  • Marcella, Italy<br />
UN Human rights specialist<br />
French-Cameroonian partner<br />
Mother of two daughters, 6 and 8 years old<br />
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	I moved to Geneva in order to put the children to a safe environment. We were both working at the UN in Congo when my first daughter was born. It never crossed my mind to give up my job or even change it. It was more a question of finding a reliable nanny and making sure the baby doesn’t contract malaria... but when the fighting broke out in Kinshasa, as a parent, I came to realise I could no longer work there. Coming here meant that we are now living in two different places. My husband stayed in Congo. It was not the original plan, though. We were supposed to find a job in the same place, but it is taking longer than expected.  This is why our nanny has become a third parent to my girls and every eight weeks my husband comes back and spends about three weeks here with us. It’s weird, it’s far from ideal, but it’s a compromise, considering that neither of us is ready to give up our jobs. <br />
It’s a way to keep the family together and pursue our professional aspirations, I guess. <br />
	If you had asked me what I thought about gender equality, women’s rights eight years ago, I would have said: “We’re fine!” Now I realise that there is still a lot of work to do... there are so many entrenched behaviours and mentalities that are hard to change.
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  • Federica, Italy<br />
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Lawyer<br />
British-Congolese partner<br />
Mother of an 8-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy <br />
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“Getting this job was a big milestone as I've always aspired to work for this office. Since we moved to Geneva, my husband put his career second. He doesn’t complain about this, but I feel he has gone through stages where he found it frustrating not being able to pursue his own career more systematically. Furthermore, he always faces the dilemma of either satisfying his professional ambitions or living with his family. I wouldn't do that, I wouldn't want to be away from my children for six weeks at a time. That's why, if there was one thing I could change, I’d make sure my husband could be professionally fulfilled and be with us at the same time.” <br />
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Geneva, March 2013
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  • Antonella, Italy<br />
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Architect, humanitarian worker<br />
Italian Partner<br />
Mother of a 3-year-old girl<br />
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“The arrival of my daughter changed my career completely. My area was emergency response, which means that I'd get a 48-hour notice before <br />
I was on the plane and I'd be gone for at least a month. You can't do this kind of work and have a family. I've been lucky to have had two careers already, one as an architect and one as a humanitarian worker, and to have achieved something in both. It made it easier for me to accept being stuck in Geneva with a baby, not having enough work, and being supported by my partner (which is also lucky).”<br />
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Geneva, November 2013
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  • Diana, Lebanon<br />
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Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum<br />
German husband<br />
Mother of a 1-year-old boy <br />
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“My husband and I used to earn the same salary. We both have equally good careers. We could have asked ourselves who was going to compromise their career and go part-time for the sake of the baby.  Financially it made no difference, but for many complex cultural and personal reasons, it was obvious that it was going to be me. I actually <br />
like being part of my child’s life. I don’t want to be the second parent. <br />
My husband does a great job of being a father, but I want to be the primary caregiver.”<br />
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Geneva, June 2015
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  • Emilie, France/China <br />
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Conference interpreter<br />
Separated<br />
Mother of a 6-year-old girl<br />
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“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 />
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Geneva, April 2015
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  • Satu, Finland<br />
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Accountant<br />
Belgian partner<br />
Mother of three boys, ages 7, 5 and 1-year-old<br />
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“I worked in Kenya before, where I met my husband. After five years there we wanted to come back to Europe and start a family. We had decided to go wherever one of us gets a job … and it was me. I was transferred within the organization to a very interesting post in Geneva. <br />
My then boyfriend agreed to join and found a job here. We got married and have three children. I didn’t feel complete or a good mother if I didn’t also spend time with them. That was the main reason why I started to work part time, just to be with them more.”<br />
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Geneva, December 2014
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  • Tom, USA<br />
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Hollywood Script Reader and Evaluator, Free Lance Editor, now Full Time Dad<br />
American partner<br />
Father of two daughters, ages 5 and 3-years-old <br />
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“At the moment I look after my two girls. I have two young girls and I run a small household. I’m not fully embracing that idea of not working, <br />
but then again that’s superstitious. It’s real life experience, it’s the best expenditure of time that you can do, because you’re raising human beings, you’re bringing human beings into the world, you’re giving somebody else <br />
a chance, I can’t think of anything that’s more important. <br />
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Geneva, February 2013<br />
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I have seen an increasing number of men come into this role, but more importantly, I find I have more in common with primary caregiver parents in general, regardless of gender, and therefore have found much of the support and understanding that I need.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2017
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  • Nelly, France<br />
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Midwife, public health specialist<br />
French Italian partner <br />
Four children, ages 11, 8, 6 and 3-years-old<br />
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“I work for Médecins sans Frontières, at the medical department. <br />
I've been here, in Geneva, at the home office for two and a half years now. We were on-site before. My husband also works in humanitarian work. <br />
He hasn't had a permanent job since we moved here and although he is looking for it, at the moment it's fine. He has worked a lot in the last fifteen years, so it's good that it's not always him who works. <br />
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Geneva, October 2013<br />
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We had a chance to move to Beirut with the family for six months where my husband had a one-year contract. We came back to our Geneva apartment with four happy children who had realized how amazing their life here was.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2017
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  • Junling, China<br />
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Chinese teacher<br />
Italian partner <br />
Mother of a 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl  <br />
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“My life was completely different when I was in China. I worked as a Chinese teacher at a military academy. It was a very enjoyable life - I had dinners out, met up with friends and travelled. I have changed since moving to Geneva. I've become family, not career oriented. My husband works a lot and if I did the same, we wouldn't have any quality of life. Now, that the children are older, I am enjoying my free time - practicing the piano, learning French. I know that I am doing good for my family - my children are looked after, my husband has favorable conditions for his career and I am not wasting my time either, I keep my options open for the future.”<br />
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Geneva, January 2014
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  • Irina, Russia<br />
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Artist and Montessori Teacher<br />
Canadian husband<br />
Mother of two girls, ages 6 and 3-years-old<br />
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“I am looking after my children and running the household at the moment. My husband is traditionally minded and happily supports us all and I love it! I also believe that men are supposed to provide for their families while women take care of the home and the children. I think that a housewife’s role is very important and challenging. In my spare time I paint. This is how I satisfy my human need for creativity. I need to paint in order to be a good mother, I think. To raise a young child and turn her into a successful person is the most important task for me now.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2013
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  • Carolina, Italy<br />
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Humanitarian worker for international organizations<br />
French partner<br />
Mother of three children, ages 7, 5 and 3-years-old <br />
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“It's been 15 years since I left Italy to work for different international organizations. My husband works in the same area. Since we both had interesting careers, we decided to follow one another in turn. And this <br />
is what we have actually done. It is always interesting to live and work abroad, but there are sacrifices to make. It is not easy for a man or a woman to leave their job, their country, their friends and to have to follow their partner to solely look after the children. More flexibility in transfer policies could make things a little easier.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2013<br />
 
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  • Anne, USA<br />
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Actress, voiceover artist, presenter, writer, journalist, director <br />
Legally separated 2 years and applying for divorce<br />
Mother of a 7-year-old boy<br />
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“Raising a child alone in a foreign country on an independent artist’s salary with no family or child support has been rough. But it’s important for me that my son sees that I have a life, a role outside the home, that I am respected in my field, have wonderful friends, am interacting in society, earning a living, and following my passion, which is what I encourage him to do on a daily basis.  <br />
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Geneva, March 2013<br />
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I am now officially divorced and have been raising my son alone for 11 years. My ex-husband relocated to the United States in 2011. He and his family have minimal contact with our child.”<br />
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Geneva, March 2017
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  • Barbara, Italy<br />
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Fashion sales manager<br />
Austrian-French-Swedish partner<br />
Mother of a 9-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl<br />
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“We moved here in 2007 after more than 10 years in Paris where I was working as a commercial director for an Italian fashion brand. My husband was also working and travelling a lot and at some point we became sick and tired of Paris. We already had children and we wanted to give them <br />
a better quality of life. My husband was offered a very good career opportunity here in Geneva and he suggested moving. I accepted, even though for me it meant leaving my job, my career, my everything. I agreed because I had worked all my life. I had already had a brilliant career and <br />
I felt it was time to give my life a change.”<br />
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Geneva, January 2014<br />
 
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  • Roberta, Italy<br />
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Economist, researcher<br />
Single<br />
Mother of a 7-year-old girl<br />
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“I was an academic in the UK before, but the weather was so bad that I felt I had to go somewhere else. I applied for this job in Geneva and I got it! Four years after the separation, my daughter is fine and happy at school, but we, the parents, are still struggling with solving the key dilemma of sharing time with our daughter. The question is how to balance equal rights and duties between the parents without “cutting the child in half”! <br />
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Geneva, November 2015<br />
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In the meantime, I have taken up more responsibilities at work and manage a “small business” at home to make sure everyone (my daughter, myself and the dog) is looked after until I come home.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2017
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  • Rabiaa, Francia-Túnez<br />
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Coordinadora de proyectos<br />
Pareja francoespañola<br />
Madre de una niña de 3 años<br />
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«La diversidad de mis orígenes culturales siempre me ha inducido a comprender todo lo relativo al feminismo y a la mujer. En Francia cunde la idea de que, tres meses después de haber dado a luz, la mujer debe regresar al trabajo y asumir horarios interminables. Por eso, apenas puede dedicar tiempo a sus hijos. Cuando nos mudamos a Suiza me distancié mucho de este modelo, pues comprendí que era difícil conciliarlo todo. También estaba muy lejos de la situación de esas mujeres enamoradas de su trabajo que deben renunciar a él por no poder costear el cuidado de sus hijos. En ellas advierto una amargura profunda y un afán de emancipación. Creo que lo ideal sería reinventar la paternidad alentando la intervención del hombre».<br />
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Ginebra, mayo de 2013
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  • EglÄ—, Lithuania<br />
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Researcher, journalist <br />
British husband<br />
Mother of a 6-year-old boy <br />
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“At this moment of my life, I understand that if I want to stay married to this man, I probably have to give up my career. It's a stupid choice that nobody should ever have to make, but I think I am probably more interested in my relationship with him and with my son, than I am in a career right now. I might still be able to have a job and I will not stop working-reading, thinking and writing. <br />
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Geneva, January 2014<br />
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My husband left his job in Geneva almost two years ago and I was awarded a research fellowship in Ireland. We are in the process of relocating to Ireland.”<br />
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Maynooth, January 2017
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  • Laura, Italy<br />
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Expert in audiovisual coproductions<br />
Italian partner<br />
Mother of two girls, ages 9 and 7-years-old<br />
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“I find that life as a working mother is made of a very delicate balance. So many different things need to work out to make the whole picture pleasant! Being a mother is not enough for me. I need to be fulfilled <br />
in so many other aspects of life and that’s often hard to achieve.<br />
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Geneva, January 2014<br />
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Two years ago I lost my job. That's been the most shocking thing that happened to me in my adult life, since keeping that balance is even more <br />
of a struggle than before. I'm now working in free-lance mode, which is very time and energy consuming and at times it doesn't leave time for anything else.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2017
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  • Naïma, Algeria-France<br />
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Economist <br />
French partner<br />
Mother of a 9 year-old girl and a 2 year-old boy<br />
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“I have worked for an international organization in Geneva for five years. Before that I lived in different countries in Africa and Asia and worked for various international cooperation organisations and agencies. I have always tried to combine my professional objectives with my family life. <br />
My parents, especially my father, taught me these values by sharing stories and novels about women’s working and living conditions around the world. It opened my eyes to women’s rights very early on, to the importance of keeping these rights at every level and on every step of our private and social lives, and to the fact that a “better world cannot be built without gender equity”.”<br />
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Geneva, April 2014
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  • Lucia, Italy<br />
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Lawyer<br />
German-French partner<br />
Mother of two boys, ages 9 and 6-years-old<br />
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“I was in a long-distance relationship for two years and when I was expecting our first child, my partner and I thought it was better to reunite the family in Geneva. My partner was sure I would find a similar position here, so I resigned, but I am still looking for that job! I have had to reinvent myself professionally several times and as a result my work does not always reflect my profile and expectations. That said, I prefer to struggle to find a balance between work and other aspects of my life than not to work at all in order to have the freedom to make my own choices.”<br />
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Geneva, February 2014
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