observer.ug (22.07.2019) The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) is advocating for a one-month increase in maternity leave for mothers in low and-middle-income countries, to enable parents to give their children the best start in life.   The UN agency is equally calling for a transformative shift in how businesses and governments invest in policies and practices that support healthy brain development and strengthen the bond between parents and their children. 

Vietnam’s Maternity Leave – Benefits and Application

Documents, presentation and other related material from the Seminar in Reykjavik in June 2018 on gender equality and gender mainstreaming as a tool to reduce the gender pay gap and the gender pension gap, resulting from a lower participation of women in the labour market, part-time jobs and lower wages.

It also showed the example of Iceland, where non transferable maternity and paternity leaves led to an increased participation of the fathers in the care and education of children and therefore creating more equality.

lemonde.fr (28.05.2018) La ministre de la santé craint que la directive harmonisant le congé parental en Europe « éloigne les femmes du marché du travail ».

digital.govt.nz (18.12.2017) In December 2016, 4 agencies launched SmartStart, the first-ever government ‘life event’ project — a new approach where government services are based on key events in people’s lives, rather than how government agencies are set up.

Maternity / paternity leave Parents are entitled to payments from the Maternity / Paternity Leave Fund after having been continuous for 6 months in the domestic labor market before the date of birth of the child or the time when a child enters the home upon adoption or permanent foster care. The employment rate per month must be at least 25%.