NASUWT says full entitlement should be increased to 26 weeks and paternity pay also improvedFull maternity pay for teachers across the UK should be increased to 26 weeks to help stem the exodus of women in their 30s from...
Read MoreAbout 39% of separated parents say not sharing caring responsibilities contributed to breakdown of relationshipUK politics live – latest updatesMore than one in three separated parents believe the UK’s “pitiful” paternity leave...
Read MoreIn a few isolated communities in central Nigeria, some babies are believed to be bad omens. Olusola and Chinwe Stevens run a thriving home for babies at risk. But what happens when the families want them back?Esther Stevens’...
Read MoreAaron Horsey says measures in Employment Rights Act will give support ‘at one of most difficult moments imaginable’A father who has fought for a change in the law so that bereaved parents can look after their babies after the...
Read MoreMuch attention was paid to the problem of misogyny, but focus was also placed on issues such as paternity leave and mental healthThe prime minister said it was a “really hard watch”, while a British police force said it should...
Read MoreResearch suggests fewer than one in 60 public sector workers share leave with partners when they have a babyWhy shared parental leave is a monumental dud of a policyExperts have criticised a “lost decade” of progress on parental...
Read MoreMen want to be active, engaged parents, but many are being torn apart by the competing demands of family and workCan men really have it all? It’s a ridiculous question, obviously; a loaded assumption that women spent years...
Read More‘Baby brain’ is often referenced jokingly and dismissively when discussing pregnancy and forgetfulness. But a new brain scan study reveals something more profound: pregnancy does not weaken the brain, it rewires it. Neelam...
Read MoreThe Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until nowThe year my body revolted, I read all 1,296 pages of War and Peace. I did...
Read MoreExclusive: fathers planning protest with babies in London on 11 June to highlight UK’s ‘rubbish’ statutory leave, least generous in EuropeBritish fathers are being urged to join the world’s first “Dad strike” to protest about...
Read MoreExclusive: new group of predominantly male MPs urge party to speak to men directly to tackle toxic masculinityBeyond Andrew Tate: the imitators who help promote misogyny onlineDozens of Labour MPs have joined forces in an effort...
Read MoreImprovements to workers’ rights to include day-one universal sick pay and an end to zero-hours contracts and fire and rehireLabour’s employment rights bill is the biggest step towards enacting one of its key election offers: to...
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