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How to reduce the motherhood penalty and the gender pay gap ...
New research uncovers economic and health benefits of boosting paternity
leave
Countries with more than six weeks of paid paternity leave have a 4% smaller
gender wage gap and 3.7% smaller labour force participation gap
Closing gender employment gaps in all UK authorities would increase economic
output by £23 billion
Just 18% of Brits think 2 weeks pater... See more
leave
Countries with more than six weeks of paid paternity leave have a 4% smaller
gender wage gap and 3.7% smaller labour force participation gap
Closing gender employment gaps in all UK authorities would increase economic
output by £23 billion
Just 18% of Brits think 2 weeks pater... See more
Joeli Brearley • Boosting paternity leave has economic benefits - Pregnant Then Screwed
Many mothers look for part-time and flexible work so that they can manage all of this extra unpaid work, but only 10 per cent of jobs are advertised as part-time, with just 1 in 4 jobs specifying any type of flexible working,9 so many women are forced to work in jobs that are well below their skill level. On top of this, part-time work is paid at a
... See moreJoeli Brearley • The Motherhood Penalty: How to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career
Does my workplace have a paid family leave policy? What is the ratio of women, and specifically women of color, to men in senior positions? How do we decide who gets promoted? When we are hiring for a new job, are we interviewing a diverse group of candidates? Are women always doing the tasks that make a workplace a little more like a home?
Melinda French Gates • The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Brilliant, skilled, hard-working women are being pushed out and pushed to the edge by a system that ignores their needs and by employers who undermine their abilities. The rising cost of living, and a benefit system that doesn’t consider caregiving to have worth, forces women into poverty for doing the most important job there is – raising the next
... See moreJoeli Brearley • The Motherhood Penalty: How to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career
Recognize that our differences contribute to our collective strength. If we more highly valued work that women are more likely to be drawn to (e.g., teaching, social work, nursing), perhaps we could stop demanding equal representation of men and women in fields that women are simply not as likely to be interested in. Recognizing that we are, on ave
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