evidence: In 2015, the most recent large-scale report into pregnancy and maternity discrimination found that 77% of working mums experience discrimination in the workplace and 54,000 women a year lose jobs for getting pregnant. [...] Katie* knew what it felt like to be discriminated against as a working mother. After the birth of her first child, she was made redundant from her job as a buyer for a major supermarket on the eighth month of her maternity leave, and then made to sign an NDA in response to her claim. [...] Feeling gaslit, is another keyword often used by working mothers who say they have suffered discriminarion in the workplace. ‘Women often say they feel like they are going mad,’ explains Brearley, referring to the many stories she’s heard from mums battling for a fair working environment.