Making Latte Dads and Working Mums: The Case for Gender Equality through Parental Leave Policy Reform in the EU

该博士研究项目对欧洲联盟的育儿假框架进行了女权主义分析，以评估其对家庭生活和劳动力市场中男女平等的贡献。该项目认为，欧盟现行立法非但没有鼓励社会变革，反而强化了传统的性别角色，使母亲和父亲都处于不利地位。然后，该项目提出了对主要法律来源-《怀孕工人指令》和《工作-生活平衡指令》-进行全面立法改革的理由，提出了一个女权主义育儿假框架，这将实现欧盟所宣称的两性平等目标，并进一步解决性别与种族、阶级和性行为交叉方面的不平等问题。

The doctoral research project undertakes a feminist analysis of the European Union's parental leave framework in order to assess its contribution to equality between men and women in family life and the labour market. The project argues that, rather than encouraging social change, current EU legislation reinforces traditional gender roles to the disadvantage of both mothers and fathers. The project then makes a case for comprehensive legislative reform of the main sources of law - the Pregnant Workers' Directive and the Work-Life Balance Directive - by proposing a feminist parental leave framework which would achieve the EU's stated aim of gender equality and further address inequalities at the intersection of gender and race, class, and sexuality.