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Lockdown now demands that millions of parents have to juggle work and their children s schooling from home.
Yet despite this, a third of families do not have the computers they need. The Daily Mail is campaigning to ensure all Britain s pupils are equipped with a laptop or tablet - so no child is prevented from learning in lockdown.
But it s not just a lack of hardware causing difficulties.
As this newspaper reveals today, almost one million children do not have access to broadband at home, which they need to do lessons.
Digital divide: A third of families do not have the computers they need to ensure the children can continue their education during lockdown
Covid: Self-employed mothers deserve equal help
By Ellie Price
media captionCheryl Liversuch and others say the SEISS discriminates against women who took maternity leave
Tens of thousands of self-employed women who have had a baby in the last few years have been discriminated against when receiving government Covid financial support, campaigners say.
The Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) was introduced alongside the furlough scheme - for salaried employees - in March last year.
But payments are worked out based on average profits made between 2016 and 2019, meaning an estimated 75,000 women who took maternity leave during that period will lose out on a proportion of the money.
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Marie Claire is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. There s a triple burden on women at current: lockdown impacts their workload, career, and mental wellbeing disproportionately.
We bought you news of the she-cession in November – that is, when stats showed the female unemployment rate at 17%, compared to 13% for men – and yet, new figures released last week reveal an even further insight into how much female career progression is being hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In short, coronavirus is having a disproportionate impact on working women compared to men.