Sweden has one of the most generous parenteral leave system in the world. The current system enables parents to stay at home with their child for a total of 480 days, while receiving an allowance from the state. Sixty of these days are allotted to each parent, and a new proposal aims to increase this by a further thirty days. The purpose of this allocation is to promote gender equality. In order to encourage men and women to share their parental leave more equally, a so-called Ôequality bonusÕ has also been introduced. The more days divided equally between parents, the higher the bonus. In spite of this generous allowance and unique bonus, only a fraction of SwedenÕs fathers use all their sixty days of parental leave. Only fourteen per cent of parents choose to share the days equally. This photo essay is based on portraits of dads who belong to that small percentage who choose to stay at home with their child for at least six months. With this project, I want to find out why these men have chosen to stay at home so much longer than the majority of Swedish dads. What has it done for them, how have their relationships with their partner and their child changed, and what expectations did they have before taking parental leave? There are two aims to this project. The first is to describe the background to SwedenÕs unique parental allowance. The second is to inspire other fathers Ð in Sweden, and further afield Ð to consider the positive benefits of such a system.

Fotos para una paternidad consciente

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WOMAN LEADER
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En Suecia el permiso de paternidad se reparte en 480 días para hacerse cargo de los recién nacidos y las madres y los padres reciben una bonificación para que el reparto de la baja sea igualitario. Johan Bavman fotografía a los padres en esta etapa para visualizar la igualdad de género total a la hora de tener un hijo.

El objetivo es reflejar una paternidad consciente y real, fotografiando el día a día del cuidado de los bebés, alimentándolos, vistiéndolos, paseándolos… con una visión normalizada de total implicación de los padres en la crianza de los hijos. El fotógrafo quiere inspirar a todos los padres a que compartan el permiso al 50%.

Aquí puedes ver sus fotografías http://www.johanbavman.se/

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