As a (male) Public Health Nurse, and recent new father, the paternity
leave issue is an interesting one. In New Zealand we do have 12 months
leave which can indeed be split between the parents as appropriate. But
interestingly I was entitled to 2 weeks paternity leave at the time of
my childs birth which is unpaid leave. What sort of message does that
send out as to the role of the father, or the place of the family?
Especially when paid leave is given for funerals, cultural, and sporting
leave. Bojana correctly points out that men should be advocating for
their rights as fathers, something I have done by writing letters to my
employers human resources dept, my union, and the government department
of labour. I would encourage others to do the same.



Owen Ashwell
Public Health Nurse
Communicable Disease Team
Regional Public Health
Private Bag 31-907
Hutt Valley District Health Board
Tel 04 570 9588, Fax 04 570 9373, Mob 027 297 2380

>>> [log in to unmask] 10/02/2007 9:32  >>>
 Agree, Lisa, with a guaranteed return to the same job...
 
 Bojana
    
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  And let's not forget that it should be paid as well!   Lisa Jensen 
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   Sumaya -- in an ideal world, 12 months should be allowed to parents
to take off from work and divide that time between the two of them any
way they find appropriate. Perhaps men should start advocating for their
rights as fathers... and for the "maternity leave" to be a "parental
leave." 
 
 Bojana Beric, MD, PhD
 School of Nursing and Health Studies
 Monmouth University 
 New Jersey, USA
 
    
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  Recently my country UAE, reduced the maternity leave from 6 months to
2 months! how we as working mothers speak for our rights?   Thanks
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