How do we best navigate the workplace to bring greater visibility to our childless experiences? In this webinar we will discuss how as a diverse community, we can take action toward creating real change in the workplace.
Some of the questions we will explore include:
How do we begin the conversation around inclusion and belonging?
What do we most need in our workplace environments; how do we help create this culture?
What changes are needed to make current policies & benefits equitable for childless employees?
What tools and approaches can we take to initiate change in our workplaces and organizations.
Join us for this discussion with our panel of childless professionals, working in varying and diverse ways to advocate for our community. Details of panellists below.
DATE: Thursday 15th September
TIME: 7.00pmBST Find your time zone here
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Please note: This webinar will be recorded and available to view on the website, if you are unable to attend it live. You do not need to register to watch the replay.
Christine Erickson - USA
World Childless Week Champion 2022
Christine Erickson (she/her) is the founder of New Legacy Institute (NLI). The Institute’s purpose is to advocate for change around the social and policy inequities faced by the collective community of those who do not have children.
Christine is dedicated to bringing visibility to the diverse experiences of people without children. She is a staunch advocate of our community’s inclusion and belonging in the workplace, and having our true narratives reflected in media & entertainment. Through NLI, Christine is working to enact equitable workplace benefits, and public policy that impacts our comunity.
Julia Fominova - Italy
I’m 45, and I was born in the Soviet Union. My native city is Kharkov, Ukraine. Since 2010, I’ve been living in Italy with my husband.
By profession, I’m an English, Italian, Russian and Ukrainian translator, and a legal counsel specializing mostly in Contract Law and GDPR.
When I was about 42, I had to admit to myself that, most probably, I wouldn’t become a mother, and we would need to come to terms with it. After several years of feeling lost, helpless, and useless, I was lucky to find support through social networks and books by amazing authors, who themselves were CNBC. I got to know wonderful CNBC people, both men and women, who helped me gain my strength, and see the light ahead. So, I decided to set up my own consultancy project “Human Rocks” dedicated to advocating for the childless people in the workplace, in order to help businesses balance their HR policies and practices, by embracing the needs of childless employees.
Vita Stige-Škuskovnika - Latvia
World Childless Week PEOPLE’S Champion 2022
VITA STIĢE-ŠKUŠKOVNIKA (Riga, Latvia) is the creator of the Instagram profile @dzivebezberniem, first community in Latvia and Facebook support group “Dzīve bez bērniem” (in English – life without children) for women who are childless not by choice. Vita is the first and the only one in Latvia who is raising awareness publicly about childlessness topic in society and workplaces also she is writing her PhD about diversity management and workplace inclusion in the context of childlessness.
Last 9+ years was a life changing journey for Vita and her husband in terms of men’s infertility, ultimate childlessness and possibly happy life of a childless couple. Through support groups abroad, psychotherapy and deep connection with husband Vita experienced big personal transformation. So after 20+ years of work experience and career development in higher education, PR and as professional musician Vita has quit it all and took a life changing break for a year to understand who she is and what path of life is right for her.
From January 2022 Vita is creating personal brand as an expert of childlessness as a diversity issue 1) to support women who are childless not by choice and feel discrimination and emotional isolation, 2) to cooperate with employers who are interested in expanding the boundaries of diversity and offer them solutions for childlessness inclusion in the workplace policies and 3) to educate Latvian society about awareness of childlessness issues. You can contact Vita on LinkedIn @vita-stige or Instagram @dzivebezberniem.
Dr Fiona McRonald - England
Fiona is a scientist specialising in the genetics of cancer and rare diseases. She is childless not by choice for a variety of complex reasons, both biological and circumstantial.
Fiona finds joy in autumn leaves, animals, tea and cake, dressmaking, her scientific work, renovating her house, and spending time with friends and family, especially her nephews and niece.
Over the last year, she has made steps towards increasing awareness in her workplace of the existence and needs of people without children.