Women Working Mothers Ruin

Record ID: 126929
  • Title: Women Working Mothers Ruin
  • Date: 5th April 1989
  • Summary: MOTHERS RUIN - WOMEN WITH CHILDREN HAVE HARD CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO WORK. FOR MANY FINANCIAL NEED MEANS A PRECARIOUS BALANCING OF CHILDCARE AND THE DEMANDS OF A JOB. THE NIGHT NURSE WITH TWO CHILDREN SLEEPS A COUPLE OF HOURS WHEN THE BABY SLEEPS AND CLIMBS 19 FLOORS WITH THE BABY IN SEARCH OF A RELIABLE CHILDMINDER. FOR MANY WORKING MOTHERS PART TIME WORK IS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN FIT IN LOOKING AFTER THEIR CHILDREN AND EARNING A LIVING. THAT USUALLY MEANS UNREWARDING WORK AND BAD PAY AND CONDITIONS. A GROUP OF SIX WOMEN TRAINING COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS SHARE THE CARE OF THEIR TEN CHILDREN AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN DEMANDING JOBS. THINGS WON'T CHANGE UNTIL EMPLOYERS AND FATHERS START TAKING ON THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM, ABIELA NELSON CORFIE, CONNIE WORSLEY, NAOMI LOVE, JOAN 'LOVEBIRD' JOHNSON, DORIS MOSS
  • Description:FOUR FILMS LOOKING AT THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF WOMEN'S WORK. NOT THE FEW PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AT THE TOP BUT THE WAY MOST WOMEN WORK - IN THE LOWEST PAID AND LEAST SKILLED JOBS
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:CineContact
  • Programme Episode:Episode 2
  • Transmission Date:05/04/1989
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1980s
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