Fathers

A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive father is a male who has become the child's parent through the legal process of adoption. A biological father is the male genetic contributor to the creation of the infant, through sexual intercourse or sperm donation. A biological father may have legal obligations to a child not raised by him, such as an obligation of monetary support. A …

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World Bank Group · 24 October 2024 English

This report synthesizes available evidence on childcare in Cambodia to provide a holistic analysis of the policy landscape and priorities for further investment. It presents new data to describe the …

Working Mothers .......24 Figure 4.2. Occupations of Fathers of Children in Childcare ..................... less able to make decisions regarding care, with fathers and grandmothers less open to childcare. Who caretakers, providing care more often than mothers or fathers. While arrangements are usually unpaid, parents


Burnet Institute · 23 October 2024 English

This report, co-authored by Burnet Institute, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, Curtin University, University of Technology Sydney, examines the current and future challenges facing Australia's midwifery workforce, including shortages, …

and Beyond [34] aims to support all mothers, fathers/ partners, and babies in Australia by providing


Cato Institute · 22 October 2024 English

It is often claimed that Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 requires the United States to defend "every inch" of NATO territory. The historical evidence, however, shows …

expansion, he told Friedman, “would make the Founding Fathers of this country turn over in their graves. .


IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 21 October 2024 English

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suitability for women with their husbands and fathers (FGD Kenya, 2024). Focus group opportunities within


World Bank Group · 21 October 2024 English

Armenia is progressing in closing the gender gap by ensuring: equal school enrollment at primary and secondary levels; more women studying in some STEM fields at universities (54 percent of …

women in decision-making positions Having few fathers share the caregiving responsibility Persistent


World Bank Group · 21 October 2024 English

The World Bank’s Gender Strategy (2024-2030) aims to tackle both formal and informal barriers to gender inequality, including power imbalances that often affect women and girls disproportionally. To achieve enduring …

and Jane Waldfogel 2007. “Paternity leave and fathers’ involvement with their young children.” Community Unterhofer and Katharina Wrohlich. April 2017. “Fathers, Parental Leave and Gender Norms.” IZA Discussion


World Bank Group · 21 October 2024 English

This paper presents the results of a qualitative study aimed at generating knowledge on intra-household and gendered impacts of food and energy price shocks among the poor in Côte d’Ivoire, …

particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. Both fathers and mothers emphasize the importance of feeding


Urban Institute · 18 October 2024

One in five undergraduate students are student parents--yet they are an undersupported population. Their success not only impacts their futures but also has intergenerational effects on their children's future. This …

mom-went-back-school. The same is likely also true of fathers, but research has not explored this issue. 5


Pew Research Center · 17 October 2024 English

Republican men stand out in views of their own masculinity, the impact of changing gender roles and men's progress in recent decades.

women, Democrats and Republicans say mothers and fathers would be equally good at these aspects of parenting equally good. Most Americans say mothers and fathers are equally good at various parenting duties


IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 17 October 2024 English

This note presents the definition, relevance, and objectives of a care system from the perspective of both care recipients and providers. It also outlines a menu of care interventions for …

well-being. Similarly, paternity leave offers fathers job-protected time to bond with their newborns However, there have been initiatives to engage fathers in this type of intervention to promote their “Reserving time for daddy: The consequences of fathers’ quotas”. Journal of Labor Economics, 37(4), 1009-1059 doi. org/10.18235/0005348.42 Tamm, M. (2019). “Fathers’ parental leave-taking, childcare involvement


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