WOMEN will march in Glasgow today to call on the Government to make legislative changes which will decrease maternity discrimination and improve the outlook for working mothers.

The March of the Mummies by the pressure group Pregnant Then Screwed will start in the Glasgow Green before the campaigners walk to George Square.

The event kicks off at noon.

The march will take place at the same time as others across the UK including events in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Manchester and Newcastle.

In Glasgow, there will be a series of speakers including Amy Nicolson, who is representing disadvantaged migrant mothers, Lisa Gallagher, of Working Families Scotland and Scott McFarlane, who is talking about the fathers’ perspective.

Scottish Mothers Collective, Drumchapel Women’s Aid, Gymboree Southside, Mini Manovers, Glasgow Women’s Aid will also attend and the Wee Guys Café will have an after-party after the march which is hosted by Wish Upon a Star Entertainment Scotland.

Hayleigh Jarett, Glasgow Pregnant Then Screwed lead, said: “Throughout social media, we have had such terrific support for the march, and we’ve heard from so many women who have suffered maternity discrimination and are relieved that we are speaking up to end it.”

Katie Easton, Glasgow Pregnant Then Screwed lead, added: “There is an energy behind us, it’s going to be a great day. It’s just a shame that we are doing it all in the name of maternity discrimination, something that we shouldn’t have to be marching for in this day and age.”

The group want to increase the time limit to raise a tribunal claim from three months to (at least) six months.

The group also want companies to report on how many flexible working requests are made and how many are granted.

They are asking that both parents are given access to six weeks non-transferable parental leave paid at 90 per cent of salary.

There is also a call to give the self-employed access to statutory shared parental pay and to subsidise childcare from six months old, rather than three years.