Family Leave Archives - League of Women in Government

Want Equality? Make New Dads Stay Home

Want Equality? Make New Dads Stay Home: Mandatory paternity leave would help close the wage gap and strengthen family bonds By Joanne Lipman, former chief content officer of Gannett and editor-in-chief of USA Today When Jeremy Doyle and his wife had a baby boy last year, he took 12 weeks of paternity leave. Not many new [...]

Editor2019-07-09T22:23:13-07:00October 1st, 2018|Exclusives, Featured, Share Your Story, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Guest Blogger: Ayanna Pressley on Redefining “Having it All”

"Let’s stop talking about a piecemeal public policy approach to a problem best addressed by a fully stocked policy toolkit." By Ayanna Pressley, At-Large Member, Boston City Council; Beth Monaghan, CEO, InkHouse PR; and Jesse Mermell, Executive Director, Alliance for Business Leadership Right policies needed to support [...]

Editor2019-07-16T14:58:08-07:00January 7th, 2016|Exclusives, Featured|Comments Off