BDlive (23.09.3016) The more generous parental and adoption leave that the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) has proposed in a private member’s bill, has been hailed by union federation Cosatu as "correct and progressive"
USA Today (12.12.2016) American Express is joining the movement for expanded parental leave, and it's doing so in a big way.
oecd.org (March 2016) All OECD countries, except the US, offer nationwide paid maternity leave for at least 12 weeks, and over half grant fathers paid paternity leave when a baby arrives. More and more countries now also offer paid parental leave, i.e. a longer period of job-protected leave that is available to both parents.
Kuensel Online (03.03.2016) Parents of legally adopted children are also entitled for maternity leave
The New Republic (25.08.2015) Each week, Sweden’s national Twitter account allows a different Swede to take over tweeting and tell his or her story. Last week it was Louise Samet, a new mom and an employee of Swedish e-commerce giant Klarna. But unlike Amazon, where women only receive eight weeks of paid leave and men receive none, Klarna supplements 68 weeks of paid leave, which is split evenly between mothers and fathers.
EurActiv (05.08.2015) The European Commission is working on new ideas to increase the participation of women on the labour market after it ditched the hard-fought maternity leave proposal last month.
France Soir (16.07.2015) Do it for Denmark" (Faites-le pour le Danemark). En réponse au faible taux de fécondité du Danemark, cette campagne publicitaire d’une agence de voyage en avril dernier incitait les Danois à faire des enfants. Elle avait lancé une compétition originale: réserver un voyage, prouver qu'on a conçu un enfant pendant le séjour, et gagner trois ans de provisions pour bébé
Canberra Times (17.06.2015) Paid parental leave for tens of thousands of federal public servants has been plunged into limbo by the Abbott government's controversial cuts to the entitlement.
USA Today (01.06.2015) New and expecting parents in the United States, read this and weep. New Swedish parents currently receive a staggering 480 days, or 16 months, of paid leave. The policy also extends to single parents and parents who adopt children.
