Left leaning towards the mother and father have to share parental leave 50/50. – Dagsavisen

There is tension linked to how the Liberal family policies will look like after this weekend’s national congress:

 
 

As Dagsavisen has written, has a selection of the Liberal Party, led by Abid Raja, proposed a tripartite current parental leave, where parents receive 15 weeks each and 16 freely available.

 
 

But after treatment at the party’s congress Saturday, want a majority in the party to go further:

 
 

Today, it was decided that the party on Sunday to vote for or against a division of the leave.

 
 

The proposal came from parliament sveinung rotevatn and former Oslo councils Guri Melby.

 
 

– We think it is most fair to share parental leave equally. We know that daddy quota has a lot to say for how much leave fathers take, says Rotevatn Dagsavisen.

 
 

Actual equality

 
 

Rotevatn have mooted this proposal in Dagsavisen earlier. Then he was accused of to “steal” leave from mothers, and discriminate the mother and child. This issue rejects Rotevatn.

 
 

– mode have generous leave arrangements which will allow the proposal still get more than the minimum guarantee. Now get far greater rights – and there is equality, says Rotevatn.

 
 

Basically do not see Rotevatn for that leave length to be extended so that the mother did not “lose” weeks. But he stressed that three weeks before birth and six weeks after birth should be reserved for the mother.

 
 

– Mother will in fact get some more leave than fathers, but it is related to biology, he said.

 
 

Going furthest

 
 

If the Left adopts the proposal tomorrow, the Left being the party in the country that goes furthest in allocating parental leave weeks between mother and father.

 
 

There is a role Rotevatn are comfortable with:

 
 

– I think the liberals are the most gender-friendly party. We pave uncharted territory with this. We see that there is virtually full support for daddy cover of the other parties. It’s good, but I think we need to go further, he said.

 
 

On Sunday morning, should the Liberal National Congress vote on the proposal. Rotevatn points out that there was a majority to consider the proposal, thus it is good odds for plural:

 
 

– There is much to suggest that it can go through. There is a lot of controversy, but I think it still is likely that we adopt this.