Business Leaders Event Launching Kiwi Dads Exhibition for Parental Leave Equality in Auckland Today
Today, Parents At Work officially launched the Kiwi Dads Photograph Exhibition in partnership with Global Women and The Embassy of Sweden. It was another inspiring and thought-provoking event with a range of representatives from all aspects of our community including government and our corporate business community. Exhibited alongside the original and award winning Swedish Dads […]
Achieving Parental Leave Equality Roundtable – Melbourne
On February 27th 2019, together with Baker McKenzie and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), Parents At Work ran the second Achieving Parental Leave Equality Roundtable session in Melbourne. A diverse group of Australian Corporate Organisations, SMEs, Government organisations and leaders in the Parental Leave Equality space came together to unravel some of the major challenges companies […]
How do dads combine career and fatherhood? A discussion begins at ‘Aussie Dads Uncensored’
“Be a father and allow men to be fathers, because it’s an opportunity. It’s our right. To parent our children, to feel that love, to make that contribution. Parenting is not just about women, it’s about men too. Society will be better off if we as men are given that opportunity.” They were the words […]
Business leaders gather at Sydney Opera House for a nation-first discussion on parental leave equality
“The critical goal is to increase the number of men taking primary parental leave without fear of discrimination or adverse career consequences” Emma Walsh, CEO, Parents At Work There was a pretty special feeling inside the Sydney Opera House, as these corporate, high-profile businessmen sat on stage and spoke about parental leave- partly as employers […]
The Fatherhood Penalty: It’s time for change and these UK employers are leading the way
LONDON June 2018: Parents At Work gathered thought-leaders and influencers from business, research and Government to advance parental leave equality globally “The fatherhood penalty is very real and it’s coming to a company near you.” That was the rallying call to UK businesses from the CEO of Working Families, Sarah Jackson OBE, at last week’s […]