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Extended Paternity Leave in the UK: A Vital Support for New Mothers and Babies

Submitted on Tuesday 20th February 2024

Rejected on Wednesday 28th February 2024

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Extended Paternity Leave in the UK: A Vital Support for New Mothers and Babies

Petition Details

Postnatal depression, experienced by many parents after childbirth, affects over 1 in 10 women within a year of giving birth in the United Kingdom. Providing extended paternity leave is a crucial step toward supporting mothers, fostering the well-being of families, and creating lasting bonds.

Additional Information

In the UK, fathers or partners are currently entitled to a mere 1 or 2 weeks.

Contrastingly, countries like Spain, Norway, Iceland, Slovenia, and Sweden have recognized the importance of paternity leave. In Spain, paternity leave spans a substantial 16 weeks, with the initial 6 weeks being mandatory and continuous.

Benefits: Bonding Time, Reduced Postnatal Depression Risk, Equitable Roles


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petitions:

Increase Statutory Paternity Leave to 3 months: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/649996

Increase paternity leave and entitlements to equal maternity leave and pay:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/649779

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