Social Policy Association Family Policy Group. Co-leads @Profatarrant and @DrLinziLadlow
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Today we launched our new @SocialPolicyUK Family Policy Group at #SPA2024 with a symposium and a panel discussion 🧵1/4
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Deadline for abstracts is this Friday!
I am seeking abstracts with @DrLinziLadlow for our interdisciplinary and global Routledge Companion focusing on the overarching theme of how policy/society shapes gender norms. Deadline is November 8th.
Email abstracts to: gendercompanion@gmail.com
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Read all about why we established the Family Policy Group for the Social Policy Association
New blog by @SPAFamilyPolicy!
"Why we established a Family Policy Group for the Social Policy Association"
Read more here, and contact the group to get involved if interested: social-policy.org.uk/spa-blo…
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🙌📚We hosted a great workshop with the support of @BritishAcademy_ and the expert organisation of @SungHeeLee1002 and @RubyChau6 ! Way to go, comparative social policy research ✌️ @NTU_TW @DerbyUni
👏👏👏Huge thanks to our speakers, who led our international online workshop even more successfully earlier today! @workfamilybalance @fertility rate @BritishAcademy_ @SPAFamilyPolicy @DerbyUni @UniversityofNottingham @National Taiwan University @Research collaboration
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👏👏👏Huge thanks to our speakers, who led our international online workshop even more successfully earlier today! @workfamilybalance @fertility rate @BritishAcademy_ @SPAFamilyPolicy @DerbyUni @UniversityofNottingham @National Taiwan University @Research collaboration
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"We have to make this Parliament the one where kinship care is hardwired into the child welfare system"
Our Chair @melanie_onn
writes in this week's edition of @TheHouseMag.
Available to read on @politicshome soon 👀
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𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙂
Which Training Leads to Employment?
socialpolicyblog.com/2024/10…
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Manuela Naldini outlines features of the Italian work/family system. Italy not only has low fertility rates but also low womens employment: or dual employment and demographic crises @SPAFamilyPolicy result of intergen solidarity, gendered labour & demand & welfare arrangements
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Jaesung Kim notes the challenges; It will take time to reverse the low fertility rate trend; S Korea often copies other countries, work-family policies often concentrate on standard employment, inflexible labour market, limited attention to fathers & caregiving @SPAFamilyPolicy
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Fen-Ling Chen is now discussing low fertility policy in Taiwan and declining fertility rates @SPAFamilyPolicy
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Why have fertility policies failed in Taiwan? women are often the object rather subject of policies, cash transfer policies don’t solve the caregiving load on women because of existing gender inequalities @SPAFamilyPolicy
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@SungHeeLee1002 provides an overview of the @BritishAcademy_ study and its comparative approach to addressing the question of whether work-family policies are sustaining women’s reproduction. @SPAFamilyPolicy
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Ruby Chau follows @SungHeeLee1002 in describing the social investment approach, which supports women to combine work-family responsibilities through: effective leave schemes, protections of pregnant women, affordable childcare and flexible work @SPAFamilyPolicy
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Bernice Huang outlines some policies that are more likely to address lower fertility rates than a singular focus on increasing flexibility in work and childcare alone @SPAFamilyPolicy @SungHeeLee1002
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Mauro Migliavacca outlining the impact of the pandemic on fertility rates in Italy, which has one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe) and asks whether the pandemic weakened working prospects for women @SPAFamilyPolicy
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Jaesung Kim now sharing insights on work-family policy and fertility rates in South Korea. Fertility rates also declining there and are much less than Italy, the lowest in Europe. @SPAFamilyPolicy
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Manuela Naldini demonstrating the complexity of family policy and the need to consider how different policies interact and intersect. She argues for a package of policies: work-family reconciliation, affordable childcare, employment and housing policies and more @SPAFamilyPolicy
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Following and retweeting from this event today on work-family balance policies with international case studies
We are delighted to invite you all who are interested in @workfamilybalancepolicies and @women's reproduction in @Europe and @EastAsia. Free registration shorturl.at/4hPIb
@hong_ijin @RubyChau6 @SocialPolicyUK @DerbyUni @NottinghamUni @National Taiwan University
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Really pleased to be attending @SungHeeLee1002s webinar this morning exploring Work-Family Balance Policies and womens reproduction in East Asia and Europe, reporting on a @BritishAcademy_ funded study @SPAFamilyPolicy
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Fascinating discussion by Melanie Channon on family policy attempts to increase fertility in the UK. Lack of affordable childcare absolutely key. Shocking figures! @SPAFamilyPolicy
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