Kate Mangino, PhD is the author of Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home, which addresses the social norms that underpin household gender inequality - and offers practical advice as to what each of us can do to change them. Kate was inspired to write Equal Partners because she found a disconnect between her professional life as a gender specialist – and her personal life as a wife and a mother. She thought that we needed to talk more about norms, we needed to weave our household and our work life conversations, and we needed to include men in the conversation. Equal Partners introduces readers to a diverse group of men who are proud to be equal partners in the home. Kate also co-hosts the podcast Equal-ish, which specifically looks at the intersection of relationships, parenting, and work.
Kate has published in Harvard Business Review, Time and Slate; Equal Partners has been featured in The Atlantic, CNN, BBC World News and The Guardian. The material for her book is built on Kate’s 20+ year career working with international organizations to promote positive social change. She has written and delivered curricula in over 20 countries about issues such as women’s empowerment, healthy masculinity, HIV prevention, and early and forced childhood marriage.