Self-employed women are receiving less government support during Covid-19 if they took maternity leave April 2016 – March 2019. Has this affected you? Let us know.
Self employed the mothers missing out.. Science journalist Debora Mackenzie
The self-employed women losing out if they took taking maternity leave in COVID-19 financial support period.Self-employed women are receiving less government support during coronavirus if they’ve taken maternity leave between April 2016 and March 2019 – because maternity pay isn’t taken into account when calculating payments under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme. The group Pregnant Then Screwed is now threatening the chancellor with indirect sex discrimination.
Science journalist Debora Mackenzie talks about her book 'Covid-19: the pandemic that never should have happened & how to stop the next one’ There are concerns that covid lockdowns could be pushing up child marriage and violence against girls in Nepal. According to VSO - Voluntary Service Overseas – the lockdown is reinforcing traditional gender roles, and girls living in rural areas are especially affected. We hear from Geeta Pradham their Global Gender Adviser
The writer and broadcaster Sali Hughes has been talking to women about objects in their lives that are important to them., the stuff that reminds us of special people, or particular times in our lives. Today it’s the turn of Nadia Shireen.
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