Sydney: Pregnant women and mothers face discrimination, negative comments and dead ends in their career in many workplaces in Australia, a study has found. A survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of 357,500 working women with a child under two found that 19 per cent faced discrimination in the workplace and 29 per cent left the workforce permanently while pregnant or after having their child, according to the adelaidenow website.
The report said 29 per cent of women started or returned to work within three months of the birth of the child, 28 per cent returned between four and six months of the birth and 33 per cent returned within 12 months. Of the women who returned to work, more than half said they were motivated by a desire for adult interaction and mental stimulation. One in four said they returned to keep their employer happy.
The research showed 31,200 women felt they received negative comments from their manager or colleagues while 22,900 said they missed out on a promotion. Around 10,100 women said their duties were changed without consultation and 4,500 said they were demoted. To save costs, 87,900 parents (43 percent) preferred grandparents to keep their child, compared to 57,700 (28 percent) who utilised day care.
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05:44 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Jodhpur: One more woman has died after childbirth in Jodhpur taking the the count of maternal deaths in the district to 17 in less than a month. The women died after they were administered the contaminated IV fluid. They had developed serious post-delivery complications resulting in profuse bleeding allegedly due to administration of the contaminated drip. Facing mounting anger over the deaths, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has already visited Umaid...
10:34 AM, Mar 14, 2011
Jaipur: Two weeks after the shocking story of 13 maternal deaths began in Jodhpur’s Umaid hospital the police have made their first arrest in the case. The government has only suspended two low rung officials in the name of fixing responsibility of the hospital where in 2010 eight thalassemic children were transfused HIV positive blood. A flood of complaints met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at Umaid Hospital, which he...
05:58 PM, Feb 28, 2011
Jodhpur: Making the first arrest in the maternal deaths case, police on Sunday took into custody an official of an Indore-based pharma company while Rajasthan government suspended a drug inspector and a store keeper of one of the two affected hospitals in Jodhpur. Facing mounting anger over the deaths of 13 women due to excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after being administered contaminated intravenous fluids, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot visited...
12:00 AM, Feb 28, 2011
Jaipur: Rajasthan Government suspended a drug inspector and a store keeper of the state-run Umaid hospital in Jodhpur after 13 women died due to excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after being administered contaminated intravenous fluids. The state government also announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the victims, an official said today while announcing the suspension of the two employees including drug inspector Dinesh Taneja....
07:07 PM, Feb 27, 2011
Jodhpur: One more woman died on Saturday and four others were battling for their lives after they were allegedly administered contaminated intravenous fluids in two government hospitals in Jodhpur, where 13 maternal deaths have taken place in last 11 days. Rajasthan government announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for the families of the victims while the tragedy prompted the National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Sonia Gandhi to seek...
08:23 PM, Feb 26, 2011
Jodhpur: Ten-day-old Mehak has just come home to a house that is mourning her mother's death. Her mother Ruksana died a week after giving birth to her without seeing her even once. Even the thirty bottles of blood that the family paid for, with great difficulty, couldn't save her. Ruksana is just one of the twelve pregnant women who died in a span of ten days after being given contaminated...
11:11 PM, Feb 25, 2011
Six women have died within 15 hours in a government hospital. ...
10:08 PM, Jun 29, 2009
Reports say the death were caused by administrative lapses in the hospital. ...
04:26 PM, Jun 29, 2009
Melbourne: Fast bowlers must embrace Cricket Australia's new rotation policy if they desire to last long in Test cricket, a leading coach has suggested even as some feel that the idea is still a grey area in Australian cricket. Allister de Winter, who was narrowly beaten by Craig McDermott to be Australia's new fast bowling coach, said the players must be educated about the benefits of rotation policy, introduced by...
12:43 PM, Apr 13, 2008
New Delhi: India's dressing room in England is set to wear an even younger look. A blurry Gautam Gambhir is feeling the door-lock to declare one more injury-forced exit, paving the way for another pair of fresh legs to galvanize a crestfallen unit. England never had to confront with a fit Gambhir throughout the Test series. First the elbow and then the skull, the left-hander's frame was never in a...
11:01 PM, Feb 25, 2008
Colombo: Australian captain Ricky Pointing on Saturday slammed the listless batting display by his side in their four-wicket loss to Pakistan here, saying that a similar performance in the quarterfinals could end their hopes for defending the title. Australia were bowled out for 176 and Pakistan went on to win with nine overs to spare in their last Group A match. The loss ended Australia's 34-game unbeaten streak in the ...
03:03 PM, Jan 04, 2008
