We support vulnerable women experiencing pregnancy and maternity discrimination with practical advice and information. Our vision is for a society where parenting is valued and in which pregnant women and mothers in all their in all their diversity are enabled to fulfil their potential.
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54,000 women a year lose their job because of becoming a mother. That’s a woman every 10 minutes in the UK. One in nine pregnant women lose their job simply for getting pregnant. 390,000 working mums experience negative and potentially discriminatory treatment at work each year - that is 77% of working mothers. These numbers almost doubled from 2006 - 2016), and after Covid-19, far from improving, the situation for working mums is deteriorating.
We’re the only organisation in the UK holistically tackling the symptoms of the Motherhood Penalty and its systemic causes. Our free advice service gives pregnant women and parents advice on their rights, including on redundancy, flexible working, childcare, and pay, and it triages whether further legal support, benefits advice and mental health support is needed. We also develop research and campaign to reduce the gender pay gap and improve workplace equality for pregnant women and mothers.
