Parental leave slides Gender gap in parental leave in Greece: Influencing factors & perceptions Stella Kadsagli, Co-Founder, Women on Top, NGO & Dr Nafsika Moschovakou, Panteion University, Greece Positive changes introduced in the National Law, connected to the implementation of the EU Directive 2019/1158 and related amendments to the Labour Code, and more specifically the new regulations around. [...] All related data highlight the constant state of gender imbalance in the division of caring responsibilities within the home/family context, with women being the main providers of care. [...] This has grave consequences in a country like Greece, where family is still the main provider of welfare, especially to children, in the absence of sufficient support by the state. [...] a) A review of the literature data b) Research from abroad, aiming specifically to highlight the multiple benefits of the uptake of paternity leave, while attempting to redefine the role of the «new – involved father» c) A review of parental leave systems in different EU Member States, which reveals wide-ranging differences both in the duration of those kinds of leave as well as parents’ remunerat. [...] Although the existing family leave system design still includes provisions that do not challenge gender stereotypes and roles, we chose to look into whether these kinds of provisions could function as tools for the promotion of a more equal leave uptake and a more equal participation of men and women in family care responsibilities.
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