… children have a job. With the arrival of each additional child, the economic independence of women shrinks. The need to care for children, parents or sick and disabled relatives …
… the hours that they work in order to provide informal care. One third of women who curtail their employment in … work therefore a compromise must still be made between childcare and a successful career. Reconciliation Policies … off work by an expectant mother to cover the birth of her child, and this may be with pay. The leave period commences …