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Fathers go online to redefine their role after Italy votes down equal parental leave

The Japan Times·Giselda Vagnoni·about 1 month ago
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Father of two and "dad influencer" Diego Di Franco takes his daughter Eva to a birthday party, in Trezzano sul Naviglio, Italy, on April 9. | REUTERS ROME – Every afternoon in a Milan suburb, Diego Di Franco picks up his children from school, manages after-school activities and prepares dinner, tasks traditionally associated with Italian mothers. The routine is unremarkable in Italy, except that he is a father and he shares it online. Italy's parliament in February rejected a proposal to equalize maternity and paternity leave, but Di Franco and a growing number of what are being called "dad influencers" are reshaping how fatherhood looks in a country still struggling ​to reconcile work, family and gender equality. In the euro zone's third-largest economy, led by its first female prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, who has a ‌9-year-old daughter, women ‌shoulder most care work and face one of Europe's widest gender employment gaps, a drag on long-term growth as ​the population ages.…

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