A comic strip by a French cartoonist, showing how mothers bear the 'mental load' of running the household, went viral last week.
The cartoon, entitled 'You should've asked', seems to have chimed with many thousands of parents within and beyond the UK, and the central concept - the frazzled mum juggling paid work with taking the lead on caregiving and housework at home - is one most of us can recognise.
On Friday we were invited to discuss the cartoon, along with its creator, by BBC World News - the BBC's overseas new channel. You can watch the discussion, read more about our 'take' on the cartoon, and find out about our workplace seminars, here. Read the full story »
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Fathers’ Story Week is upon us – creating an opportunity for schools and early years centres to take part in an annual celebration of fatherhood, from 11-18 June 2017.
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Jeremy Davies writes:
Parenting leave experts always knew that Shared Parental Leave (SPL) would disappoint. The international evidence is clear: if governments are serious about encouraging large numbers of fathers to take substantial periods of leave during the baby’s first year (as they should be if they are serious about tackling the gender pay gap and improving children’s outcomes), they need to do two things.
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Jeremy Davies writes:
When we launched our Fairness In Families Index yesterday, our press release highlighted that ‘UK mums and dads are the worst in the world at sharing childcare’.
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Jeremy Davies writes:
Today we publish the 2016 edition of our Fairness in Families Index #fairnessinfamilies, which uses a basket of measures to compare developed countries’ progress towards gender equality.
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Bringing Fathers In is a series of smart, punchy, evidence-based information sheets backed up with a series of online research summaries.
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Are you (or is somebody you know) a first-time father? Researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London, are interested in exploring first-time fathers’ experiences of labour and childbirth.
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The Fatherhood Institute (UK charity number 1075104) is a small charity that has been working behind the scenes to raise the profile of ‘involved fatherhood’ since 1999.
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Dads who need help agreeing post-separation arrangements, including child contact, can now access a free initial consultation with qualified solicitors, barristers and mediators.
Fatherhood World
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