Press Release – Whitireia and WelTec Courtney Russell, daughters and June Mongomery. There was a big focus by the Government in 2020 to financially support New Zealanders who want, or need, to gain skills-based qualifications as pathways to employment in the wake of Covid-19 – but sometimes …
Courtney Russell, daughters and June Mongomery.
There was a big focus by the Government in 2020 to financially support New Zealanders who want, or need, to gain skills-based qualifications as pathways to employment in the wake of Covid-19 – but sometimes finances are not the only barrier to study.
With unemployment on the rise, women are said to be disproportionately affected. According to McKinsey & Company, women’s jobs are 1.8 times more vulnerable than men’s. So what happens if you want to study or retrain, but you have young children at home to care for?