The Dad Shift

It's been a big 7 days for the campaign in Parliament. Last week, dozens of dads and babies came to deliver our open letter to the government, signed by 16,000 people and 30 MPs. Then yesterday, we had our first MPs debate on paternity leave in Parliament, where so many MPs wanted to speak in favour of our campaign that they ran out of time in the debate! The momentum is with us, but there's still a long way to go. Help win better paternity leave for every family - add your name now: https://lnkd.in/e8UQdEMN Video?from Boot Creative?with thanks to our partners?Movember

One sentence in this report jumped out to us in particular: "the trust’s surveys of human resources decision-makers reveal[ed] some won’t hire women because of the “risk of their fertility” This awful discrimination against women and mums is all too common, as Pregnant Then Screwed's work has also shown, and it's one of the key reasons we need better paternity leave. If it's normal for dads to take longer off work to look after their babies and to be more actively involved in their care longer term, companies will be less likely to selectively discriminate against women in their 20s and 30s (which, for the record, they absolutely shouldn't be doing anyway). Thank you Young Women's Trust and Kate Nightingale for this super valuable work ??

Hello LinkedIn ?? If you haven't already, add your name calling for better paternity leave in the UK. It's currently the worst in Europe, and it's about time that changed: