Women and their careers benefit when men are allowed – and encouraged – by their employers to do more caregiving.
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Single mothers need more of a break than they get under current laws.
Whatever the eventual impact on women's candidacies post-pandemic, COVID-19 has the potential to shock the system, upending or reinforcing existing gender imbalances in political power.
Stay-at-home parents have a hard time reentering the workforce after spending time away.
Forty percent of US babies are born to unmarried parents. But the new paid leave policy for most federal workers disadvantages single parents.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats go further than the current system but would still leave the UK lagging behind many of its international peers.
What about the dads?
Men are still expected to prioritise sport over their families.
Excluding high earning dads from paid parental leave is not the answer.
Thanks to a provincial insurance plan, Québec fathers are spending more time with their newborns, bringing about changes in the gender division of labour within the family.
Our children can't continue to grow up in a world where only women raise them, either at home or in early care and learning.
The transition to parenthood comes with plenty of stress. A psychology researcher suggests that paid family leave could help lift some of the burden – with positive health benefits down the road.
There is a wide problem with the way society talks about gender equality.
Most dads aren't taking shared parental leave – new research reveals why.
Men under 35 want to take a more active role in caring for their children than older generations.
Shared parental leave can make a huge difference to all parents – not just families with two biological parents.
This penalty can amount to more than 15 percent of a mom's paycheck. Ramping up paid maternity leave and high-quality child care would probably help narrow the gap.
Having a newborn can be rough, whether you're a mom or a dad. New research ties men's testosterone to their postpartum depression – with some surprising upsides for their partners.
Employers must do more to support breastfeeding mothers who return to work.
The last recession put more men in the position of full-time child carers. How are they coping?
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