“We’re dressing up as the walking dead —which is not difficult for mums — to demonstrate the frightening lack of consideration that the Government has given mothers over the last decade.” Although she speaks quietly, Joeli Brearley is angry as she details the dress code for March of the Mummies, which will see 12,000 people take to the streets of 11 cities on October 29 to demand reform on childcare, parental leave and flexible working.
Organised by Pregnant Then Screwed, the charity Brearley founded in 2015 after she was fired via voicemail when she announced she was expecting, the marches will take place simultaneously in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff, Exeter, Norwich, Bristol, Newcastle and Birmingham.
