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If family policy seems today to be considered more as a central element in the treatment of poverty, professional integration, the attractiveness of territories and therefore social cohesion, [...]

Maternity protection is crucial for preventing and alleviating poverty and vulnerability, enhancing the health, nutrition and overall well-being of mothers and newborns, fostering gender equality [...]

Men campaigning for enhanced paternity leave have attached lifesize model babies in slings to bronze statues of men across central London and called on the government to improve the UK’s parental [...]

Balancing work and family life may become easier for growing families in South Africa after a ground-breaking parental leave judgment in the High Court declared certain provisions of the Basic [...]

This brief deals with ways to solve the fact that the United States is one of only seven countries in the world without any kind of national paid parental leave policy, and the majority of [...]

European countries’ attempts to get dads to take more paternity leave have had unintended consequences, and sparked debate about the fairest way to divide leave between mothers and fathers. [...]

On the occasion of the Global Day of Parents, UNICEF has put together some various articles with experts’ recommendations to help parents in their struggle to find time for themselves and [...]

Only 20 years ago, Belgium parents were eligible for just 10 days of paternity leave. Despite this increase, the Family League (La Ligue des Familles) says that this is not enough. [The Brussels [...]

The current design of parental leave policies in the 21 European countries does not allow for a true assessment of the potential of leave schemes to influence the within-household division of [...]

Parental leave is not only beneficial for the mother and child but also has broad implications for fathers’ wellbeing. [Helena Honkaniemi, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Mikael Rostila and Sol P. [...]