18th international review on leave policies

The annual review contains information for each country on parenting and other types of leave, including details of each kind of leave, take-up rates, developments over the past year, and the relationship between parenting leave and early childhood services.

This year we cover 49 countries, including all EU member states, as well as other countries in Europe, the Americas and East Asia plus South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. 

Programme

• 4:00pm (London, UK time): Welcome to the event - Professor Andrea Doucet, Brock University (Canada)
• 4:05pm: Introduction to the review - Professor Alison Koslowski, UCL (UK)
• 4:20pm: "The impact of the EU Directive: the example of Denmark" - Professor Tine Rostgaard, Stockholm University, Sweden & Roskilde University (Denmark)
• 4:35pm: "Exploring the potential of the review: the case of breastfeeding leave" - Professor Peter Moss, UCL (UK)
• 4:50pm: "The Review from a user perspective" - Greet Vermeylen, European Commission (Belgium)
• 4:55pm: Closing remarks - Associate Professor Sonja Blum, University of Bielefeld (Germany)

This event will be particularly useful for those interested in parental leave policies.

Related links

• International Network on Leave Policies & Research
• Leave policies review: getting serious about more equal parenting
• Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU)
• TCRU seminar series
• Social Research Institute