Parental leave regulation is not gender-neutral. Policies that encourage fathers' leave-taking relate to the enhancement of child well-being, caring fatherhood, and gender equality among the couple and in the workplace. There are various designs of parental leave policies, depending on a combination of factors, such as length, income replacement rate and the compulsory nature of leave. This article draws on data from the 16th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research (2020) and analyses main features of parental leave policies in seven countries (Germany, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Israel, Japan and the United States), confronting it with recent research on the use of parental leave in those countries. Subsequently, the article provides evidence for the benefits of fathers' uptake of paternity and parental leave and points out three features that leave policies must incorporate to promote gender equality and notes the importance of employers' self-regulation.
O objetivo deste artigo é identificar as condições para a construção de um direito a cuidar apto a contribuir para a promoção da igualdade de género, no contexto dos cuidados de longa duração (cuidados continuados). A primeira secção descreve a transformação da relação entre cuidado e género, à medida que a igualdade entre homens e mulheres se tornou um objetivo primordial das sociedades democráticas, e evidencia as tensões geradas por essa transformação, em particular, a “crise dos cuidados”. Por fim, elege-se como contexto de análise o domínio dos cuidados de longa duração (cuidados continuados) na Europa. Assim, a partir de uma revisão de estudos empíricos recentes sobre diferentes modelos de políticas públicas no domínio dos cuidados continuados em vários países da Europa, identificam-se as condições para a construção de um direito a cuidar apto a promover a igualdade de género.
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