GO BIG #1: A Big Idea for Gender Equality

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In this episode

For the next few episodes we’re going big with some of the ideas from Ed’s new book. This week: could better parental leave for dads help promote gender equality? Icelandic Prime Minister and friend of the pod Katrín Jakobsdóttir explains Iceland’s world-leading approach. Then Molly Mayer from the Fawcett Society and Jeremy Davies from the Fatherhood Institute talk us through where we’re going wrong — and what to do about it.

Plus former senior advisor to President Obama Ben Rhodes on working in the White House, defending democracy and the power of podcasting.

Guests

Katrín Jakobsdóttir (@katrinjak), Prime Minister of Iceland

Molly Mayer, senior research and policy officer at the Fawcett Society (@fawcettsociety)

Jeremy Davies, head of communications at the Fatherhood Institute (@fatherhoodinst)

Ben Rhodes (@brhodes), former senior adviser to President Obama and author of After the Fall

More info

Parental leave in Iceland

• Iceland govt: Maternity and paternity leave in Iceland (May 2021)

• Leave Network: Iceland (Apr 2020)

• World Economic Forum: Global Gender Gap Report 2021 (Mar 2021)

Parental leave in the UK

• Guardian: Ed Miliband calls for dads to get 12 weeks’ paternity leave (May 2021)

• Guardian: leave: Scrap flawed shared parental leave, say campaigners (Apr 2021)

• Fatherhood Institute: Lockdown Fathers: the untold story (May 2021)

Parental leave around the world

• Finland govt: Family leave reform to increase gender equality (Feb 2020)

• Guardian: How Quebec got men to take parental leave (Jun 2018)

• Nordic Council: State of Nordic Fathers (2019)

Ben Rhodes

• Vox: Ben Rhodes is worried about Biden’s climate and China policies (Apr 2021)

• After the Fall book