Kate Mangino, PhD is a gender expert and professional facilitator who works with international non-profit organizations to promote positive social change. She has written and delivered curricula in over 20 countries about issues such as: gender equality, women’s empowerment, healthy masculinity, HIV prevention, and early and forced childhood marriage. She brings her lens of gender and social change to her debut book, Equal Partners, which addresses household gender inequality in the United States and offers practical advice as to what each of us can do to rewrite gender norms.

Today on the show, the two discuss how Kate’s passion for gender equality blossomed over time, as well as some of the contents of her forthcoming book, titled “Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home”. This episode serves as a reminder to all mothers to rewrite the mother code and that each one of us gets to create our own unique definition of what it means to be a good, quality mother.

Today on Mot(HER):

• How Kate become interested in in studying gender imbalances
• Some of the gender imbalances that are addressed in Kate’s book, “Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home” 
• What does healthy masculinity mean and look like?
• Creating new meaning when adhering to gendered traditions within weddings etc.
• Applying gender equality within partnership
• The importance of revisiting gender roles after each big life event
• Why you should establish your own definition of what it means to be a mother

Connect with Kate Mangino:

• Website: katemangino.com
• Book: “Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home” 
• Twitter: @manginokate

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