New mothers who received longer paid parental leave in the 70s are now showing better health in middle age.

Unless paid for it, men don't avail of paternity leave, while women, on account of physical recovery, have to accept unpaid maternity leave.

New policies will only have the desired impact when mindsets change.

“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 move would also include leave for men who support pregnant relatives.

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

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 

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