{"id":3582,"date":"2015-08-21T15:22:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T19:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mencare.org\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T19:22:18","slug":"what-are-the-numbers-not-telling-us-going-beyond-statistics-in-promoting-mens-caregiving-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mencare.org\/es\/what-are-the-numbers-not-telling-us-going-beyond-statistics-in-promoting-mens-caregiving-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 no nos dicen los n\u00fameros? M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las estad\u00edsticas para promover el cuidado masculino en Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sofia Jos\u00e9 Santos<\/strong><\/em>
\n This article was originally published by\u00a0Equimundo<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"AIn terms of overall progress toward gender equality, Portugal is on par with<\/a> many other European Union (EU) countries, and it has one of the EU\u2019s most progressive paternity leave policies in terms of both length and compensation.<\/p>\n

Since 2009, Portuguese fathers have been entitled to 20 working days of paid paternity leave<\/a> \u2013 and it\u2019s mandatory for them to take at least 10. For the full 20 days, paternity leave is compensated at 100% of an individual\u2019s most recent salary. Subsequently, a couple can enjoy an additional, \u201cbonus\u201d month of paid leave (compensated at 83% of each parent\u2019s most recent salary) if it is shared and used simultaneously by both parents. Parents with children aged 12 and younger are additionally entitled to work flexible hours, which further supports fathers in their role as active caregivers.<\/p>\n

Portugal is, at the same time, one of the countries most affected<\/a> by the ongoing European economic and financial crisis, particularly after the government began implementing spending cuts and tax increases to comply with the troika financial rescue package agreed to in May 2011. Since then, the legislation that grants paternity leave in Portugal has been increasingly threatened; many labor rights \u2013 such as paternity leave \u2013 have already been informally weakened due to workers\u2019 fears of being fired or demoted and to the increasing financial stress felt by many Portuguese families.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, however, the number of fathers who take non-compulsory paternity leave<\/a> has increased consistently in Portugal since 2005, experiencing only a slight drop in 2013. For every 100 mothers who took maternity leave, 43 fathers took non-compulsory paternity leave in Portugal in 2005; in 2011 (the year the European troika\u2019s structural adjustment program began), for every 100 mothers who took maternity leave, 60 fathers took non-compulsory paternity leave. In 2013, this number increased to 63, after having reached 64 in 2012.<\/p>\n

But what are the numbers not showing us?<\/h3>\n

The numbers suggest, therefore, a positive trend overall in men\u2019s use of paternity leave in Portugal. There are, however, several important aspects that these figures fail to show. What these numbers don\u2019t show us is the pressure fathers face from co-workers and employers no<\/em> to take paternity leave, nor do they show us the financial stress that directly influences the expectations and realities of being a father in present-day Portugal. These numbers don\u2019t explore the fact that the idea of more engaged fatherhood still coexists with traditional roles assigned to men, despite the decline of patriarchal notions of family and gender in Portuguese society. These numbers don\u2019t include Portugal\u2019s unemployed<\/a> o precarious workers<\/a>, which represent a large portion of the population.<\/p>\n

These numbers also don\u2019t show us that the health sector in Portugal, despite progressive efforts toward gender equality in parenthood, still dismisses fathers\u2019 involvement in caregiving as less important than mothers\u2019. Many fathers-to-be still testify, for example, that their involvement as equal parents isn\u2019t taken into consideration when they attend pre-natal appointments with their partners.<\/p>\n

Engaging fathers through research and action<\/h3>\n

Recognizing the importance of going beyond the numbers, Equimundo-Europe has joined the global Cuidado de los hombres<\/a> campaign by launching the Portuguese fatherhood campaign Yo soy el que paga<\/a><\/em> with other local partners, and it is currently undertaking research in order to understand the evolution and state of men’s caregiving in Portugal. The campaign seeks to explore the ways in which parental leave and the role of fathers as caregivers can be affected by the context of financial and economic stress caused by the recent austerity measures in the country. The MenCare campaign in Portugal targets three specific sectors and audiences:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Communities:<\/strong> The campaign seeks to raise public awareness about the importance of engaging men in caregiving through community media campaigns.<\/li>\n
  2. Health, education, and social services professionals:<\/strong> The campaign trains professional groups within the education, social services, and health sectors, equipping them to conduct workshops and raise awareness among their beneficiaries on gender equality and on the need to engage men in caregiving.<\/li>\n
  3. Empleadores:<\/strong> The campaign targets both public and private employers with messages about the benefits of paternity leave for their workers and for their companies and institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This stimulating work has already started and there are plenty of challenges ahead! Visit www.cuidado-de-hombres.org<\/a> y www.eusoupai.pt<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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