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  1. 1 in 10 women leave a job due to menopause symptoms. One in ten women who worked during the menopause have left a job due to their symptoms. Fawcett Society, Menopause and the Workplace, 2022. View source →
  2. £94.9bn is lost from the economy each year through barriers to women's work. £94.9bn in gross value added (GVA) is lost annually across England, Scotland and Wales as a result of the higher rate of economic inactivity among women compared with men. Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) and the Women's Budget Group, 2024. View source →
  3. 42% is the fall in a mother's earnings after her first child. Five years after the birth of a first child, mothers' monthly earnings were on average 42% (£1,051 per month) lower than one year before the birth. Figures relate to England. Office for National Statistics, The impact of motherhood on monthly employee earnings and employment status, England: April 2014 to December 2022, 2025. View source →