The Motherhood Penalty (with Apsana Begum MP)

<p>As school pupils return to the classroom on International Women's Day, how is this going to help mothers and families, without risking a resurgence of virus cases?</p><p>Apsana Begum, Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing it's too early to reopen schools because many headteachers are not ready with sufficient safeguards and testing.</p><p>Plus Joeli Brearly, founder and chief executive of the campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed joins to talk about the "motherhood penalty" whereby mothers are less likely to keep their jobs or get promotion, and how this has been worsened by the pandemic.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>