'Sexist policies': mothers struggle to return to work amid lack of childcare

Women tell the Guardian how they are being disproportionately affected by UK pandemic fallout

• UK working mothers are ‘sacrifical lambs’ in pandemic
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• ‘When our nursery reopened only 7 kids came back’

Caroline Nowak is among thousands of parents who cannot find a summer holiday club for her child, a 10-year-old boy, and will be forced to continue juggling her job and childcare across mammoth 18-hour days, stretching from 6am to midnight.

“I feel very let down by the government failing to provide an outlet for isolated and increasingly distressed children,” says Nowak, who works as a scientist.

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Some names were changed to protect family’s identities.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3hwdAHC