This reflects the small number of women in the formal workforce, who are the only people eligible for maternity benefits.

“A lot of the differences in leave stem from gender stereotypes where women are the primary caregivers."

Sweden's flexible paternity leave policy led to sharp drops in anti-anxiety prescriptions for new mothers.

"Primary caregiving alienates half of our workforce and leads to fewer female leaders within organisations, the community and the nation.”

The HR head of a multinational corporation explains employed women's rights during pregnancy.

A proposal is in the works to partially subsidize maternity leave benefits.

Dads only get the time if their wives are deceased.

Child care and housework would equal 9% of global GDP -- if women were paid for it.

An estimated 1.1 to 1.8 million women will miss out on employment next year because of the new burden on employers.

The tournament has granted Williams discretionary seeding in recognition of her pre-leave ranking.

Two thirds of the world’s infants live in countries where fathers are not entitled to take paid paternity leave.

Four professionals share their post-baby experiences.

India ranks 'meh' in report on laws enabling women to work.

Seems obvious

Last year’s passage of an amended Maternity Benefit Act was heralded as a large step in the right direction. One big plus was the extension of paid leave to six months, for biological mothers, which takes on new relevance in 

India’s new Maternity Benefits Act was passed last week, establishing six months of maternity leave for biological mothers of first and second children; three months maternity leave for biological mothers with two children already (6 weeks for women with three or 

At the risk of being accused of never being happy: We have notes on the Maternity Benefit Act Amendment Bill, 2016, passed in the Rajya Sabha last week. We can congratulate ourselves on improvement with this maternity benefit amendment: the