Problem
Career interruption due to pregnancy
Other Names:
Career disruption due to childbearing Nature:
Regardless of the advances in the cause of equal opportunity between the sexes, the fact remains that they have really been quite marginal in changing the division of responsibility. Women are the ones who bear children, thus most of the problems emanating from career interruption affect them.
Incidence:
In addition to the sexism of the premise that men have the right and even the duty to work while women have to fit home duties in between their careers, it could also be financially unwise for women to interrupt their careers. A recent UK researcher has estimated that mothers with average earnings potential lose $70,000 in lifetime earnings by raising two children, and with three children, that figure rises to $85,000.
Broader Problems:
DisruptionImposed career interruptionsNegative effects of maternity Subject(s):
Medicine → Reproductive systemSocial Activity → Intellectual work
Society → Maternity, paternity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST