parentsIN

Daniela Scalco (F)

CEO

Caregiving is a strategic investment in the valorization of human capital, the reduction of social inequalities, and the strengthening of economic resilience. Presence in children’s daily lives offers a unique opportunity to shape how future generations understand and practice equality between women and men. Gender equality and women’s empowerment begin at home. Yet, active presence in children’s routines remains a privilege for too few. Many parents spend long hours away from home in demanding jobs and return exhausted, with limited time and energy for caregiving. As a result, unpaid care work continues to fall disproportionately on women—constraining their autonomy, limiting their employability, forcing career interruptions, and creating significant barriers to re-entry into the workforce. Addressing this imbalance requires collective, gender-inclusive investment. Valuing caregiving and building sustainable support systems must be recognized as a shared responsibility across families, employers, and institutions. At parentsIN, our purpose is to design and enable these support systems in alignment with the Women’s Empowerment Principles, creating practical pathways that recognize caregiving as essential work and enable equal participation in both the labor market and family life. I lead this mission as a woman, a professional, a mother of two young boys, and CEO of parentsIN. I am an advocate for empowering women to return to the workforce and for partnering with business leaders to build sustainable return-to-work pathways. We promote a parents-friendly workplace culture that enables employees to balance professional responsibilities with family life—reducing gender gaps related to caregiving, empowering women to reach their full potential at work, and fostering the active participation of men in caregiving at home.