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Does the Pill Make Women Less Competitive About Their Mate?
While the Pill remains a favorite form of birth control, a new study out of the Netherlands suggests that being on oral contraceptives could affect your choice of mate -- as well as your ongoing feelings about him if the relationship continues long term. When birth control pills first hit the marke...

 

Global Pollution Affects Women the Most
Pollution harms everyone, but in the developing world, where environmental protections are more lax, toxic chemicals present real danger.  This particularly harms women, as they are “especially sensitive” to pollutants, according to health experts. They’re more likely to devel...

 

The US-EU trade deal could improve what you eat for dinner
 As President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron stood smiling for the cameras at a press conference on free trade this week, the question remains - Does the average American care less whether the US has a good trade deal with Europe, or whether Europeans buy our products or we buy theirs. ...

 

Angelina Jolie's preventive double mastectomy choice
Angelina Jolie revealed in a moving op-ed in the New York Times, that she recently underwent a double mastectomy after testing positive for the gene that predisposes her to breast and ovarian cancer. "My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56," writes the 37-year-old Oscar winner a...

 

Over 40? 8 things women should change in their diet
Yes women do tend to put on a pound a year in their 40s and 50s, but it’s more likely due to a drop in activity rather than hormones. Aging does not have to equal weight gain. The sad truth though is that hormonal changes can shift your body composition, so any pounds you do gain tend to land ...

 
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What we offer

GajGal is an expanding community of mothers helping mothers. Our motto “Get a Job | Get a Life” is based on the belief that for mothers wanting to get back into the workforce, finding a job with “the right level” of flexibility, empowers working mothers to live life on their own terms and better control their own destiny.
GajGal aims to address this “new reality” through four core components:

  • 1. Job Search and Matching tools to streamline finding the perfect fit for flexible work arrangements.
  • 2. Access to Benefits that in the traditional work environment have been provided by full time employers. GajGal helps to provide a critical mass of members to ensure access to a range of benefits options that we are continually working to expand and improve on.
  • 3. Working Mother Community to provide access to news, blogs and articles of interest and importance to working mothers and a social networking community that working mothers can interact with and draw on for support.
  • 4. The Entrepreneur Zone is for mothers aiming to start their own business and expand on the concepts of working mothers helping working mothers succeed.

Success stories

GajGal Testimonial

Shayne Duke
“Using your Benefits link made it easy to select from a wide range of health insurance offerings and narrow down the various plans available that best fit my needs. Being able to make a side by side comparison of the details further helped me make an informed decision on a plan with great rates. The application is swift and uncomplicated”

GajGal Testimonial

Amy Rogers
“ WOW this is a fantastic idea aimed at a true need. I have had a hard time preparing to go back to work after staying home with my two kids for the past 4 years. I am so excited to start adding my requirements and get started on the search. The Latest News and Benefits are an excellent idea. I would come here to read this even if I wasn't looking for a job right now”