A lack of affordable childcare, flexible working and freelance opportunities for Soviet mothers returning to work is being addressed by Kashaeva , who has developed free co-working spaces with child carers. But sometimes they just need a little help in finding their way in the modern professional world,” she says. Set up in 2017 , the Working Mommy foundation had 35 coworking spaces throughout Moscow by the end of this year and expects to have centres in 35 Russian cities by the end of this year . The organisation negotiates the use of free space with local government, while the childcare workers are funded through grants and corporate training fees.
A lack of affordable childcare, flexible working and freelance opportunities for Soviet mothers returning to work is being addressed by Kashaeva , who has developed free co-working spaces with child carers. Set up in 2017 , the Working Mommy foundation had 35 coworking spaces throughout Moscow by the end of this year and expects to have centres in 35 Russian cities by the end of this year . The organisation negotiates the use of free space with local government, while the childcare workers are funded through grants and corporate training fees.