Childcare shortage ‘holding women back’

Laura Turner

AN extreme lack of childcare in Sunraysia is holding women back and stunting their careers, according to Victoria’s Gender Equality Commissioner Dr Niki Vincent, who is on a week-long listening tour of the region. Dr Vincent said “women are curtailed and their career aspirations impacted” by the issue, and referenced the story of one woman […]

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