Same Situation: Far Apart: Mothers at Work Mothers have always worked while tending their babies—be it in the fields, as this Hmong woman from Vietnam (left) still does, or at home (right), where this North American woman checks her email. In many countries, work is now less physical and more cognitive, allowing many mothers to enter the labour market.
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