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Pope gives fathers working at Vatican three-day paternity leave

Vatican Pope Francis weekly general audience

Vatican CityAP Pope Francis has urged couples to have more children, rather than pets, and called for family-friendly government policies. So he raised eyebrows Tuesday when he revamped the Vatican’s family leave policy with a new benefit giving new dads a mere three days of paid paternity leave. The Vatican’s policy sets out the benefits […]

Richest countries skimp on parental leave: UNICEF

Woman with pram

New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Some of the wealthiest nations in the world provide little or no government-supported maternity or paternity leave for new parents, a United Nations report said on Thursday. Using 2016 data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Eurostat and research articles, the study ranked 41 high and middle […]