Telling women to manage factors beyond their control – such as how motherhood will impact their careers – is deeply unfairPregnancy rumours surround Halle Bailey. In six OECD countries, mothers encounter a 60 per cent drop in earnings compared to fathers 10 years after the birth of a first child
While I completely condemn those words, I hope it’s not controversial to say that fears about how pregnancy will affect women’s futures arewho became a parent aged just 20 years old in 2018. Musician Lauryn Hill also had her first child in her 20s back in the 90s, when her career was just taking off, and is still loved by audiences decades later.
In six OECD countries, mothers encounter a 60 per cent drop in earnings compared to fathers 10 years after the birth of a first child. The effects can be lifelong, because it impacts how much money mothers can save for retirement.