'Some refuse to hire women of child-bearing age'

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We look at the effects of excluding new mothers from work. In some cases, employers in China have made female staff promise not to have children for at least 10 years after being hired, says social commentator and author Zhang Lijia. (Image: Silhouette of a lady looking out of an office window, to a cityscape. FangXiaNuo / Getty Images)