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Employers who support paternity breaks and promote flexible working are likely to stand out in a competitive labour market. [Emma Jacobs – Financial Times, 5 December 2021.] READ MORE

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in depression/anxiety problems and social risks among urban, racial and ethnic minority school-age children compared to before the pandemic. [...]

While all Canadians have been struggling with their mental health since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, new parents find it especially isolating and tiring. [Kelly Skjerven – Global [...]

Beijing and Shanghai have extended maternity leave for eligible females by an additional 30 days and introduced the right to “parental leave,” or extra days off per year, for eligible parents of [...]

Working parents are among the record number of employees leaving their jobs or thinking about doing so. To keep this crucial group, organizations must address why they’re drawn to other options. [...]

The rapidly advancing frontiers of 21st-century biological sciences now provide compelling evidence that the foundations of lifelong health are also built early, with increasing evidence of the [...]

Inequalities in all three components of labour market earnings – employment, working hours and hourly wages – have remained large. In 2019, working women still earned 19% less per hour than men. [...]

Ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we spoke with UN DESA’s Daniela Bas to find out and to learn more about celebrations happening worldwide to mark the day. [UN DESA Voice, [...]

Lived experiences of parents raising children in times of climate change and descriptive phenomenological methodological approach.