Black working mothers are being forced to end their jobs due to being hit by the ‘Motherhood Pay Penalty’, a report from Ethnicity Motherhood Pay Penalty found.
Motherhood Pay Penalty
The Ethnicity Motherhood Pay Penalty Report shows that Black working mothers and minoritized women’s incomes are considerably less during their lifetime, with working mothers with two children taking home 26 percent less than women without children to the reductions in hours worked, which is often associated with poor-quality part-time work.
Sexism and racism mean Black and minoritized women have little to no chance of raising working hours after having children, which resulted, in most will just quit their job permanently.
Black Working Mother Experienced Discrimination During Pregnancy
Mirror News reported that black working mothers and minoritized women are facing prejudice and discrimination during pregnancy, compared with white women that have more chance of promotion after they return to work from pregnancy.
Black African working mothers, of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage are also affected too with many encountering problems when trying to return to work after a maternity leave in the employment.
Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, told Voice Online: “It’s absurd, and unsurprising, that Black working mothers and minoritized women are so severely disadvantaged by the motherhood pay penalty.