‘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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‘But you don’t know that changes to legislation would mean women make different choices; they have free will, and the women I know who have left their career to look after their children are very happy with…

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Thousands of mothers are being forced out of their jobs, and hundreds of thousands more face other types of injustice such as demotions, halted careers or an impossible workload.

‘You may think I’m being melodramatic but ask any mother what choices she would make if she had complete freedom, and I can guarantee you that her…

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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 ad

‘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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‘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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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

What I am saying is that the current system prevents many mothers from leaving their paid work to care for their own kids, and for those who want to work and continue their careers during pregnancy and early motherhood, they encounter unnecessary and impossible challenges. In both situations, women are disproportionately affected by a labour market