Equality in the Cards: Celebrating Fathers
UCLA FSPH's WORLD Policy Analysis Center launches a Father's Day initiative to highlight inequality in access to paid parental leave around the world.
UCLA's WORLD Policy Analysis Center launched a Father's Day-themed companion website with a unique line of e-greeting cards that highlight gender inequality experienced by fathers across the world.
Each greeting contains research-backed information, such as:
- Fewer than half of the world's countries provide paid leave to fathers, with some lasting no more than a few days.
- Only 60 countries provide paid leave specifically for parents to care for their children during an illness, while another five countries restrict paid leave to mothers.
- While 96% of countries provide paid leave to new mothers, only 49% extend it to fathers, reinforcing the idea that caring for a new baby is solely a woman's responsibility.
Faculty Referenced by this Article
Dr. Joseph Davey is an infectious disease epidemiologist with over 20 years' experience leading research on HIV/STI services for women and children.
Associate Professor for Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health Sciences
Dr. Hankinson is a Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and of EHS, and Chair of the Molecular Toxicology IDP
Assistant Dean for Research & Adjunct Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences
Automated and accessible artificial intelligence methods and software for biomedical data science.
Dr. Ron Andersen is the Wasserman Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Departments of Health Policy and Management.
Professor of Community Health Sciences & Health Policy and Management, and Associate Dean for Research
EMPH Academic Program Director with expertise in healthcare marketing, finance, and reproductive health policy, teaching in the EMPH, MPH, MHA program
Dr. Michelle S. Keller is a health services researcher whose research focuses on the use and prescribing of high-risk medications.
Nationally recognized health services researcher and sociomedical scientist with 25+ years' experience in effectiveness and implementation research.
Industrial Hygiene & Analytical Chemistry
Director of Field Studies and Applied Professional Training
Robert J. Kim-Farley, MD, MPH, is a Professor-in-Residence with joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences
