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A Man’s Guide to Childbirth
While supporting the mother of your child during pregnancy and childbirth, Steve Jaeger writes, don’t forget to be patient and just get out of the way. As a father of five, I am something of an...
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Marriage, Fatherhood, and Baby Rocketship
Between a difficult pregnancy, grad school, and moving to DC, a husband exhibits what it means to be a true father and partner. My husband is my partner in marriage, in parenting, and in our family...
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Does ‘Daddy Leave’ Lead to Gender Equality?
Norway’s parental leave policies, though popular, have unintended and adverse effects on families. A version of this article was previously published on The Huffington Post. In Norway 97% of fathers...
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CEDAW Article 11(2)(c)-(d) for Women’s Rights
Article 11 2. In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (c)...
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Paragraph 29 of the Beijing Platform for Action, Chapter II: Global Framework
— 29. Women play a critical role in the family. The family is the basic unit of society and as such should be strengthened. It is entitled to receive comprehensive protection and support. In different...
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Hospitals Must Adapt so Infants Can ‘Room-in’ with Opioid-Dependent Mothers
Mary Malebranche, University of Calgary Opioid use in pregnancy has risen dramatically in recent years, along with the opioid epidemic within the general Canadian population. One study found an...
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Erica Duignan Minnihan: One Maternity Leave Away From a Career Switch
By Bryan Wish . . Erica Duignan Minnihan has been an investor and advisor to early stage technology companies for over 9 years. She began her career in Venture Capital as the original Executive...
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How To Increase the Take-up of Parental Leave by Fathers?
By Professor Peter Moss All European countries (with the exception of Switzerland) now have a statutory right to parental leave. Maternity and paternity leave are, respectively, for women and men...
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Work-Family Pressure Is A Universal 21st Century Problem For Fathers
By Professor Margaret O’Brien Fathers’ active participation in family life is one of the most important social developments of the 21st century and work-family pressure is a universal problem. As...
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Do You Want Children? Definitely. When? Never.
The exhausting, consuming, brutiful work of raising humans. While listening to an Ezra Klein podcast recently, I laughed out loud with sheer delight, feeling so seen. I mentally bookmarked his...
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