Produced by MenCare, the second State of the World's Fathers report provides a worldwide analysis of fatherhood and caregiving. Drawing on global research and statistics, this report serves as an advocacy tool for MenCare's global fatherhood campaign and proposes a call to action for policy and practice around the world. Since the State of the World's Fathers 2015 report, examples from around the world have affirmed that change is possible; however, there is still a long way to go in equalizing care responsibilities for men and women.
The 2017 State of the World's Fathers report focuses on the following five priority areas:
• All individuals, regardless of gender, must be encouraged to see themselves as both caregivers and financial providers – and be supported in both of these roles.
• Paid leave, equally shared between mothers and fathers (or in other co-caregiver arrangements), is essential to achieving an equitable distribution of caregiving.
• The goal of full equality in unpaid care work will be constrained as long as families face extreme economic hardship, or lack access to necessary income supports and subsidized childcare.
• Effective parent training that includes men can achieve multiple powerful objectives.
• Finally, State of the World's Fathers: Time for Action calls on every country to set a national goal of men and boys doing half of the unpaid care work, and for a global goal of men and boys doing fully 50 percent of the unpaid care work.
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