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Shedding light on our challenges

as mothers in Australia!

PUTTING MOTHERHOOD CHALLENGES IN THE SPOTZLIGHT

Motherhood isn’t valued – In a world where economic growth is paramount, mothers are deemed less productive1 and as a result, their role isn’t properly valued. This lack of recognition is the root cause of countless cascading symptoms, ingrained in our society. This lack of consideration impacts mothers at every level: their vision of themselves, their status at work and their place in the society.

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Mothers can experience all sorts of challenges such as discrimination, salary gap, lack of support to name a few.

  • 58% of mothers feel a strong sense of failure in their first year of motherhood2
  • 63% of mothers believe society does not do a good job at understanding and supporting mums2
  • Almost a third (32%)3 of mothers reported experiencing discrimination in the workplace when they requested or took parental leave

Spotzlight’s mission is to shed light on mother’s contribution to society

To do so, we are exposing challenges of being a mother in our society, by collecting stories. Using your stories, we aim to give mothers a voice to create awareness and momentum for better policies in government and corporations, putting a proper value on motherhood.
Using the power of our number and the volume of our voices, we can make a change!

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“THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADDLE

IS THE HAND THAT RULES THE WORLD”

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My husband and I achieved our Masters together, in the same course at the same time. We ended up in the same role in the same company together. There was one thing that was very different though. Our Salary! After my maternity leave, I was earning $30,000 less than my husband doing exactly the same job. When I applied for a pay rise that I felt was only fair, I was told my career was in “hibernation” and therefore didn’t deserve a pay rise.

I definitely felt as though me being a mother was a negative to hiring me rather than a positive. I realised that I needed to stop disclosing such information so as to have a fair shot at a job.

My manager asked me to keep travelling weekly until I was 36 weeks pregnant - wanting me to get a certificate from my GP to say it was safe to go beyond the 30 week limit from the airlines and being threatened to loose my job when I said no because I was getting too exhausted.

I am currently undergoing IVF treatment and have been for quite some time in hopes I can be a mother, as many mothers who've undergone treatment know there's certain days once a month that I need to go into hospital. During a massive marketing launch I had a scheduled day in hospital and my team and superiors said it was an inconvenience for me to have to take leave and that I was "dropping the ball" and "letting the team down".

I came back to work after a 3-month maternity leave. I was told that my role had become redundant and I could either extend my maternity leave (which was not an option), take a redundancy or fill in for a colleagues maternity leave in an area that was less than ideal. Imagine having to deal with that as well as all the trauma and mum guilt with leaving your three month old at daycare!

When I was working part time, I was constantly moved from one position to another (every 6 months almost) which wasn't the case for full time employees. When I asked why I was constantly moving from one job to another I was told this is because when you are part time you are just bridging the gaps when there are needs. This resulted in me constantly having to relearn my job and never being able to perform at full speed compared to other employees having been in the role for much longer.

My husband and I achieved our Masters together, in the same course at the same time. We ended up in the same role in the same company together. There was one thing that was very different though. Our Salary! After my maternity leave, I was earning $30,000 less than my husband doing exactly the same job. When I applied for a pay rise that I felt was only fair, I was told my career was in “hibernation” and therefore didn’t

I am currently undergoing IVF treatment and have been for quite some time in hopes I can be a mother, as many mothers who’ve undergone treatment know there’s certain days once a month that I need to go into hospital. During a massive marketing launch I had a scheduled day in hospital and my team and superiors said it was an inconvenience for me to have to take leave and that I was “dropping the ball” and “letting the team down”.

I definitely felt as though me being a mother was a negative to hiring me rather than a positive. I realised that I needed to stop disclosing such information so as to have a fair shot at a job.

I came back to work after a 3-month maternity leave. I was told that my role had become redundant and I could either extend my maternity leave (which was not an option), take a redundancy or fill in for a colleagues maternity leave in an area that was less than ideal. Imagine having to deal with that as well as all the trauma and mum guilt with leaving your three month old at daycare!

My manager asked me to keep travelling weekly until I was 36 weeks pregnant – wanting me to get a certificate from my GP to say it was safe to go beyond the 30 week limit from the airlines and being threatened to loose my job when I said no because I was getting too exhausted.

When I was working part time, I was constantly moved from one position to another (every 6 months almost) which wasn’t the case for full time employees. When I asked why I was constantly moving from one job to another I was told this is because when you are part time you are just bridging the gaps when there are needs. This resulted in me constantly having to relearn my job and never being able to perform at full speed compared to other employees having been in the role for much longer.

If you’ve experienced

DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE

Australian Human Rights Commission 1300 656 419 or 02 9284 9888 
Email: complaintsinfo@humanrights.gov.au

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

If you or a loved one is needing support Beyond Blue Support Service provides 24/7 advice and support via telephone 1300 22 4636

1 Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor
2 The State of Motherhood in Australia report by Katrina McCarter
3 Australian Human Rights Commission
4 Health Direct

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