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.
Assistant Dean for Research & Adjunct Professor of Community Health Sciences
Nationally recognized health services researcher and sociomedical scientist with 25+ years' experience in effectiveness and implementation research.
Director of Field Studies and Applied Professional Training
Automated and accessible artificial intelligence methods and software for biomedical data science.
Dr. Anne Rimoin is a Professor of Epidemiology and holds the Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health.
Dr. Michelle S. Keller is a health services researcher whose research focuses on the use and prescribing of high-risk medications.
Dr. Ron Andersen is the Wasserman Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Departments of Health Policy and Management.
Dr. Hankinson is a Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and of EHS, and Chair of the Molecular Toxicology IDP
Professor of Community Health Sciences & Health Policy and Management, and Associate Dean for Research
Associate Professor for Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health Sciences
Robert J. Kim-Farley, MD, MPH, is a Professor-in-Residence with joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences
Industrial Hygiene & Analytical Chemistry
EMPH Academic Program Director with expertise in healthcare marketing, finance, and reproductive health policy, teaching in the EMPH, MPH, MHA program
