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Belgium: Extended Leave for Fathers of Hospitalized Newborns
Belgium's Vooruit party proposes allowing fathers and co-parents up to 16 extra weeks of leave when a newborn is hospitalized.
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Belgium's Vooruit party proposes allowing fathers and co-parents up to 16 extra weeks of leave when a newborn is hospitalized.
Belgian fathers are taking more parental leave than ever, with a 70% increase over a decade. But overall leave usage declines for the first time.
A Belgian study of 313,000 people finds mothers face more than double the risk of burnout and depression as fathers, the gap widening with young children.