EPISODE · Sep 8, 2023 · 23 MIN
One Thing with Joeli Brearley on why the Motherhood Penalty is not your fault
from The Therapy Edit
In this guest episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna is thrilled to chat to campaigner, author and founder of Pregnant Then Screwed, Joeli Brearley about her One Thing; that the motherhood penalty is NOT YOUR FAULTJoeli founded Pregnant Then Screwed in 2015 after her own experience of pregnancy discrimination. She writes for the Telegraph, is the winner of the Northern Power Women Agent for Change award, is an Amnesty International Human Rights Defender and a member of the United Nations Working Group: Women’s Human Rights in the Changing World of Work. In January 2021 she took the Government to court for indirect sex discrimination due to the way self employed mothers were being financially penalised by the income support scheme. Her debut book: ”Pregnant Then Screwed: The Truth about the Motherhood Penalty, and how to fix it’’ was published on the 4th March 2021. In 2022 'The Motherhood Penalty: How to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career' was published. You can visit the Pregnant Then Screwed website here Follow Pregnant Then Screwed on Instagram here
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In this guest episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna is thrilled to chat to campaigner, author and founder of Pregnant Then Screwed, Joeli Brearley about her One Thing; that the motherhood penalty is NOT YOUR FAULTJoeli founded Pregnant Then Screwed in 2015 after her own experience of pregnancy discrimination. She writes for the Telegraph, is the winner of the Northern Power Women Agent for Change award, is an Amnesty International Human Rights Defender and a member of the United Nations Working Group: Women’s Human Rights in the Changing World of Work. In January 2021 she took the Government to court for indirect sex discrimination due to the way self employed mothers were being financially penalised by the income support scheme. Her debut book: ”Pregnant Then Screwed: The Truth about the Motherhood Penalty, and how to fix it’’ was published on the 4th March 2021. In 2022 'The Motherhood Penalty: How to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career' was published. You can visit the Pregnant Then Screwed website here Follow Pregnant Then Screwed on Instagram here
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