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Family Choices

This country’s paternity leave could be a model for the US

Which European country do you think is leading the pack in terms of paternity leave right now? The chances are, the possibilities that have just come into your head are all Northern European — but you’d actually be incorrect. As Ashish Sharma from our partners at Deutsche Welle (DW) reports, the answer is Spain! Learn […]

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In this AP file photo, Then-member of the European Parliament Raül Romeva from Spain attends a meeting of the European Union Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality to support paternity leave legislation at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb.23, 2010.

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Which European country do you think is leading the pack in terms of paternity leave right now?

The chances are, the possibilities that have just come into your head are all Northern European — but you’d actually be incorrect. As Ashish Sharma from our partners at Deutsche Welle (DW) reports, the answer is Spain!

Learn more about what makes Spain’s paternity leave policies a global model by clicking on the blue player above.

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