Step 2 Eliminating those barriers. Step 3 Implementing support programs. People often have stereotyped ideas about women and the workplace. These myths are often used to justify the way things are. Paid employment is not as important for women as it is for men.
Women drop out of the workforce for long periods of time to raise their children.
The majority of mothers who are in the paid workforce return to their jobs after their maternity leave. In 1993-1994 about 6 out of every 10 women returned to the paid workforce by the end of the six months after giving birth. Almost 9 in every 10 women in the paid workforce who gave birth in either 1993 or 1994 were back to their paid employment within a year. Forty per cent of these women worked full-time. In 1997, on average, male workers had 18 years of paid work experience compared with 14 years for women.