I'm a mother and I always wanted to be. I'm a professional and I always wanted to be. Although the controversy with each other never took away my dream, I will not deny that from time to time the question was hanging through my head, will the day I am a mother have to give up my profession to dedicate myself exclusively to my children? As that day came, I had to stay focused and enjoy my career. When that day came, I saw the world of another color.
Foreign trade, in which many women work in any of the links that it has, does not stop at holidays, not in the early morning, or on our birthdays, because it involves the whole world and that is precisely why I chose this career, because of the diversity of experiences it offers you.
But how can a woman who performs in foreign trade and becomes a mother do both plaintiffs at once?
In Peru we have a law that provides maternity leave to every woman with a formal employment contract, regardless of whether the time of leave is too much or little, after this time if the woman decides to continue working, she has to learn to handle both situations, so that neither is affected.
A child needs his mentors, who at best and ideally are parents, if so, out of love and duty parents have the opportunity to actively educate their children to train good people. Remember that the lady in the winery, the pedestrian, the doctor who cures you, the footballer, the gardener, they all had a mother, but not all had a mother active in their training, the reasons are many and could be analyzed in separate article.
So a woman who wants her job, whether out of conviction, necessity or whatever the reason, and at the same time a mother, should not have the feeling of guilt for being one or the other, but unfortunately it is not always so. Many times when a woman becomes pregnant she feels guilty about quitting her job for a while or worse she is still afraid of losing it. In the demanding and recharged world of foreign trade many mothers have gone through this and try to take both aspects forward in their lives, but we are not perfect, and from time to time we lean more towards each other, then we return to balance and again lean back. It is a cycle and as a result, it is no more or less, than the kind of human being that you have managed to form with much sacrifice at the end of everything. The latter affects us all as a society.
I know mothers with accumulated vacations who have claims from their own children to spend more time with them. I know mothers who always ask permission not to miss any performance or event in their children's lives regardless of their performance at work. I know companies that don't attach the necessary importance to mother's work. I know companies that are so flexible and give you all the permissions they need to be with their "treasures." How about we look for the break-even point in all this?
It helps a lot when employers understand this process, it helps a lot when mothers know how to value it and take advantage of it.
So the mother's great challenge in foreign trade is always to seek out and return to balance, to continue in this exciting career while still giving quality time to her children. Both are transcendental in the life of a woman who is a mother.
Josy Ollero.
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