The Motherhood Penalty: How to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career

Once again, I have used the currency of friendship to leverage a childcare favour so that I can do some urgent work.

‘Women choose to take time out of work to care for their children, or they choose to work fewer hours after they’ve had their kids because…

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‘The notion that mothers have choice…

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2020 was the year we finally realised that the needs of pregnant women and mothers are often sidelined and ignored with sometimes disastrous consequences for families.

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

‘In the UK, parental-leave legislation favours mothers taking time out to care for children over fathers. In fact, thousands of working dads have no access to any paid paternity leave whatsoever. This means that, in nearly every family, the mother is the main carer,…

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‘If you look at other countries, which have very different legislative frameworks, women in those…

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‘Well, I’m afraid that if you’re going to make those choices then unfortunately you are going to live with the consequences. How can women make it to the top when they work less than men? This isn’t about the patriarchy, or whatever it…

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It’s my standard pre-interview ceremonial dance; I’m like Anthony Joshua with gender equality data for boxing gloves.