Over the past 40 years, the number of working women with preschool children has quadrupled.These women, who are taking less time off for childbirth, want to be able to have families but also remain committed to their careers, just as men are. Women with no children at home often have elderly parents to care for, or a partner's needs to meet. Many women are in non - traditional relationships and they, too, have personal and family needs to balance with their careers.

The first thing to realize is that using the web itself can help you collapse time, and increase your efficiency and effectiveness, squeezing more tasks into less time. Women now have access to the support system of women's sites and communities on the net and the wealth of information which resides on the Internet in the form of news, research, information exchange, debate, communication and the intellectual growth and stimulation which interaction with new technology brings.

As a practical matter you can now, order a pizza, do your banking, grocery shopping, buy a car, get a mortgage on your house, look for a college or a nanny for your child, all over the Internet.

For those of us seeking balance the Net is an interactive medium which encourages participation and response and features two way communication, forums, group discussions, debate, voting, all of which can help support you in finding new solutions to the work/family conundrum. You can get on the Net and , by participating, help shape the future of the Net so it becomes an electronic support structure for women everywhere. So you will be both contributing to and being enriched by the Net, a wonderfully vast and rich resource which can help you , in all your multi-faceted life, to achieve balance.

News on the Net

Work Resources

Being a Mom, Parenting ,Family & Kids

Women's Health

Activism and Women's Issues

Looking at the Big Picture -" The Futures of Women : Scenarios for the 21st Century "