‘Let me give you some examples. In the UK, 54,000 women a year are pushed out of their jobs due to pregnancy or for taking maternity leave, and 77 per cent of working mums face discrimination – that’…

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Our ability to procreate stands at the centre of centuries of gender inequality that’s no different today, but frustratingly it feels like it’s a challenge that is just too complex to solve, and, with such strength of feeling from pretty much all women (and some men) on anything related to motherhood, it can make the topic an intimidating one to

‘Well, it’s the usual suspects: Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden. The countries where childcare is properly subsidised, where ring-fenced, properly paid paternity leave means dads are far more likely to take time out to care for their children, and flexible working is the norm for all employees. In these countries, mothers report far higher levels

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.

‘A mother’s choices are limited by extortionately priced, inflexible, inaccessible childcare. A mother’s choices are limited by maternity pay that is well below the national living wage. A mother’s choices are limited by the rising cost of living, which means most families need two incomes to cover their basic costs.1 A mother’s choices are limited

Problems are messy and complicated: you can’t give a full answer as to why women have unequal access to the labour market in 90 seconds. It…

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‘What I am saying is that women don’t make choices in a vacuum. Choices are influenced by a number of factors: culture, your…

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‘The notion that mothers have choice…

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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