The term "motherhood penalty" describes the biases mothers can face—being passed over for promotions, perceived as lacking professional commitment or as less capable simply because they are parents.

Though unpaid care work is an issue that most women face, it is mothers from urban poor and rural communities who are among ...

Often called the "motherhood penalty," caregiving demands still largely fall on women and have shaped their labor force participation and pay after becoming parents. Even when women outearn their ...

This procreation pay gap is what sociologists refer to as ‘the motherhood penalty.’ Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist, I am not saying that motherhood is a penalty. Sure ...

Women already experience a “motherhood penalty” that contributes to the gender wage gap: Research shows that men’s earnings increased more than 6% on average when they had children, ...

More women than ever are “ambivalent” about having children, but biases around the motherhood penalty are still impacting their careers, anyway. However, according to research, women are ...

This gap widens until the child reaches age 10 and, although it may decrease thereafter, it never fully disappears—a phenomenon known as the “Motherhood Penalty.” To explain this ...

She did not get the job. You may have not heard of it but this discriminatory practice is known as the motherhood penalty. It argues that working mothers encounter systematic disadvantages in pay ...

Sociologists identified the existence of the motherhood penalty nearly two decades ago but acknowledgement that it exists hasn't yet led to any real changes - at least not in tech. Essentially ...

In this second of four short videos, Sophie Creese, founder of MotherBoard gives some real life examples of the motherhood penalty based on her experience as a tech recruiter, and sets out some ...

While acknowledging the progress that’s been made, such as the £25 million pot for childcare and long-overdue strategy to End ...