Social Work and Human Rights by Elisabeth Reichert

Author:Elisabeth Reichert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science/Public Policy/Social Services and Welfare
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011-10-02T16:00:00+00:00

Focus on Upper-Class Women Misses the

Larger Human Rights Issue

“To hear the media tell the tale, the central problem facing working women today is the question of whether they should leave their professional careers to raise children” (Friedman 2009, 18). The reality, though, is that at least in the United States, women who can “opt out” of the working world account for only about 10 percent of working women aged twenty-five to forty-four years (Friedman 2009, 18).

Most families do not have the option of either parent not working, especially considering the number of single-parent families, most of which are headed by women. For newspapers and other media to focus on professional women who can afford to stay at home is simply irresponsible journalism, as it ignores significant human rights issues concerning social welfare.

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