Romanian mothers working abroad found it harder to get a job back home, study says

Romanian women who went abroad to work found it disproportionately harder to find work in their country compared to the men, according to data from a European study conducted by Save the Children Romania.

Parents in the study sample have been abroad for an average of six years, both mothers and fathers, and 67% of fathers and 75% of mothers who participated in the survey have been gone for more than three years. More than half of the parents with children left in the country are absent for one-third of their children’s childhood, especially during early primary school and preadolescence.