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Parental leave

In this Wednesday, June 29, 2011, photo, Henrik Holgersson puts a shoe on his son.

Founding fatherhood: Part I

Critical State

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into parental leave and caregiving in various affluent democracies between 1965 to 2016.

Erika Oliva, left, and her husband Benjamin Lopez's family gather inside their apartment in the southern neighborhood of Vallecas, in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 15, 2020. 

Can Spain’s new paternity leave law address entrenched gender roles?

Lifestyle & Belief
President Barack Obama talks about legislation to offer paid sick leave for Americans while at Charmington's Cafe in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 15, 2015.

The State of the Union kicked off Obama’s push for paid parental and sick leave

Economics
An employee demonstrates the preparation to take eggs with a needle at the e-Stork Reproductive Center in Hsinchu in northern Taiwan.

Egg freezing may be more of a distraction than a big new perk for tech employees

Health

Paid paternity leave, offered for men only, offers dramatic changes in workplace, home dynamics

Business, Economics and Jobs

In Defense of a Shorter Maternity Leave

Back in July, Marissa Mayer took the reigns of Yahoo. In the process, she became the youngest CEO of a fortune 500 company. But while her youth made history, it was the fact that she was six months pregnant when she took the job that had the blogosphere passing judgment. But if they were passing […]