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KQED Public Radio’s Forum show on “Women & Career Barriers”
- June 13, 2007
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The program discusses innovative programs to ease the return of women to their careers after they leave jobs to start families.

Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:

• Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy and head of the Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
• Pamela Stone, associate professor of sociology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center at CUNY, as well as author of "Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home"
• Sally Thornton, president and co-founder of Flexperience

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Returning To Work? These Skills Will Help You Get Started With Your Career Re-Entry, New York Times, Detroit News,
- May 21, 2007 

The Best Of Both Worlds, by Tracy Turner, Columbus Dispatch,
- May 13, 2007

A Balancing Act: Working Mothers Flock To Flexible Schedules, by Barbara Grady, Contra Costa Times,
- May 12, 2007 

More Companies Find Moms Really Work, by Gayle B. Ronan, MSNBC,
- May 11, 2007

Back In Business, Leslie Morgan Steiner, MORE magazine
- June 2007.

Trying To Opt Back In, Eve Conant, Newsweek
- May 28, 2007

After Baby, Boss Comes Calling,” by Lisa Belkin, New York Times
- May 17, 2007.

Now Hiring: Making Yourself a Marketable Mom, from BusinessWire.com
- May 2, 2007

Employees Seeking Work/Life Balance Encounter Bias, by Kathy Gurchiek. SRHMOnline
- April 20, 2007

The Opt-Out Myth by E.J. Graff, Columbia Journalism Review,
- March/April 2007

Optioning In Versus ‘Opting Out’: Women Using Flexible Work Arrangements for Career Success” by Mary Shapiro, Cynthia Ingols, Stacy Blake-Beard.  Simmons CGO Insignts
- January 2007

“Getting Back on Track”, by Daniel McGinn, Newsweek
- September 25, 2006 

Good News For Mothers Mulling Return To Workforce, by Kathy Gurchiek, Wall Street Journal Online
- May 12, 2006

Working It Out, by Claudia Goldin first printed in The New York Times,
- March 15, 2006

Working Mother Magazine’s Top 100 Companies To Work For in 2006

We Can Stop the Female Brain Drain, by Sylvia Ann Hewlett. The Sunday Times (London).
- March 6, 2005.

“Hidden Brain Drain:  Off-Ramps and On-Ramps in Women’s Careers”(excerpt), by Sylivia Ann Hewlett and Carol Buck Luce, Harvard Business Review.
- May 2, 2005

Moms Find It Easier To Pop Back Into Workforce, by Stephanie Armour, USA Today
- September 23, 2004

The Opt-Out Revolution, by Lisa Belkin. The New York Times.
- October 23, 2003

Advice for Mothers Before They Return to Work, by Sue Shellenbarger, Wall Street Journal Online
- July 25, 2003