Why Swiss Women Can’t Work After Winning Votes to Lead Nation
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Since women won the right to vote in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in 1990, females have risen to rule Switzerland’s politics, making up four of the seven-member cabinet. Combining a career and motherhood presents a steeper climb.
Parents can end up spending almost a third of their wages on childcare, with Zurich nursery schools charging as much as 1,500 francs ($1,700) a month. Those costs, coupled with poor maternity benefits, banish many mothers to the home, said Clivia Koch, the former chief executive of an 8 billion-franc pension fund who now heads the non-profit Swiss Business Women group.