How to reduce the motherhood penalty and the gender pay gap ...

Third thing you should do: pay maternity leave properly and encourage dads to take paternity leave. Dads often state they are put off from taking paternity leave by their employees, so encourage them to take time out to care for their children. Set up women's groups, allow women within your organization to discuss what's working and what's not, bec... See more

That's exactly it. Research shows 80% of dads said they’d do anything to spend more time with their children. In Quebec, Canada, they ring-fenced properly paid paternity leave a number of years ago, and the uptake from men compared to the rest of Canada went through the roof. And this has so many benefits for society. There was one study by a unive... See more

Mental health is a really big issue - and we now know that stress is really bad for a growing baby. Premature birth is very common in women that experience stress and, of course, being pushed out of your job or experiencing bullying and harassment can really take its toll on the mental health of women and therefore the successful development of a b... See more

Women do almost three times the care work of men, they do 60% more of the unpaid labour and that's obviously devastating for their careers. Many of us are working full-time, more than three-quarters of mothers work. So you have a situation where we're going to work, doing all of this paid work, and then coming back and doing unpaid work as well. Ma... See more