COMMENT Amrita Pande

2018

2018

The aim of this paper is to make a persuasive case for the provision of paid paternity leave for fathers in Ghana by describing several benefits of paternity leave to the family and the business as a whole. The paper examines the arguments for paternity leave through series of literature review, the position of law on paid paternity leave in Ghana and its implications for gender parity. The paper also presents examples of countries that have ratified the ILO conventions on paternity leave provisions and enshrined them in their country-specific legal regulatory frameworks. Given the diverse benefits of paid paternity leave around the world, the need for paternity leave has become a necessity if not obligatory. The paper makes a strong case for expedite action on the amendment of Ghana’s labour law to incorporate at least five days paid leave for fathers in relation to childbirth in Ghana.

Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019), 2020

The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for infants and mothers are well-understood. Exclusive breastfeeding can prevent babies from mortality due to infection such as pneumonia and diarrhea, of which one of the leading factors of infant mortality. The rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the world, unfortunately, has been low, and this feature also evident in Indonesia. Several studies show that a father's involvement has a significant impact on successful exclusive breastfeeding. However, the variable of fathers either in breastfeeding studies or maternal and child health programmes, has been neglected. This article aims to explore the importance of paternity leave in supporting exclusive breastfeeding success, which potentially influences child health. Qualitative research with in-depth interviews was undertaken to explore the significance of paternity leave after the babies born. The study shows that support from husband after babies born is very crucial not only for preventing the mother from baby blues syndrome but also ensuring the babies are exclusively breastfed. Despite the fact, there are just a few countries in the world that implement paternity leave. Indonesia is one of the countries that does not implement a paternity leave policy. The current policy only regulates two-day leaves for men workers to accompany their wives during the delivery process. The Government of Indonesia, therefore, needs to consider father-specific policies to significantly increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding and ultimately improve child and community health.

2016

In a global economy, paternity leave policies represent one of the most significant expansions of the welfare state that seek to help fathers respond to socio-economic pressures on their work and families. Policy makers who strongly promote socio-economic equity may respond to these global changes with new policy formulae meant to encourage involvement of fathers in their families. Nevertheless, scholars have limited understanding of who benefits from paternity leave policies and what these benefits mean to families. The present study is a comparative analysis of paternity leave policies across forty-four countries. This paper first presents a typology of paternity leave policies. This typology consists of seven criteria that range from duration of benefits to amount of benefits to employment security. This typology is then applied to forty-four countries. The present study demonstrates that a surprisingly small number of countries are devoted to family equity

2009

In a global economy, paternity leave policies represent one of the most significant expansions of the welfare state that seek to help fathers respond to socioeconomic pressures on their work and families. Policy makers who strongly promote socioeconomic equity may respond to these global changes with new policy for-mulae meant to encourage involvement of fathers in their families. Nevertheless, scholars have limited understanding of who benefits from paternity leave policies and what these benefits mean to families. The present study is a comparative analysis of paternity leave policies across forty-four countries. This paper first presents a typology of paternity leave policies. This typology consists of seven criteria that range from duration of benefits to amount of benefits to employment security. This typology is then applied to forty-four countries. The present study demonstrates that a surprisingly small number of countries are devoted to family equity.

2004

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