10 Mar

Millions of women are stepping back from their careers - it's time for radical change

Londiwe Buthelezi

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Covid-19 and its impact on the economy has also accelerated gender pay inequality. Picture: iStock

In 2017, Australian Senator Larissa Waters rewrote history about women's place in the world of work when she breastfed her baby while putting forward a motion in Parliament. In 2018, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern brought her infant daughter to a United Nations assembly.

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