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For #InternationalWomensDay, I got asked by @Siemens what I thought was the biggest thing we could do to improve the participation and experience of women in the workplace.
I said #childcare.
Flexible, affordable, accessible, quality childcare.
I said #childcare.
Flexible, affordable, accessible, quality childcare.
Women struggle in the workplace because of the real effects of raising a family in a society structurally-based on stay-at-home mothers AND the perception of employers who feel the need to 'manage the risk' that women will become pregnant.
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When I talked about supporting a woman who was struggling to work and manage her family responsibilities, I was inundated with messages from women who had been discriminated against for being pregnant or even looking like they might be considering it.
Heartbreaking.
Heartbreaking.
