The newly published Equalities Report offers a bleak picture for working mothers, concluding that women with children are the group most likely to face discrimination in the workplace.
Madeleine Bunting responds in today's G2: "Working mothers are left with the worst of two worlds. They can have jobs but rarely careers. For some women, these ghosts of other selves become demons. They are the ones who give up brilliant careers to do poster paint and cake-baking full-time."
The women interviewed for the piece back this up. Among them are a former blue-chip company manager who returned to work as a school secretary and a management accountant-turned-childminder.
There are more mothers in the British workforce than ever before. So are we still no further forward at balancing work and family life? And if not, are fathers and employers to blame?
