Italian little girl as a frequent visitor to the European Parliament
In French Strasbourg, Italian MP Licia Ronzulli took her daughter to participate in the meeting of the European Parliament again, on Feb 15, 2012.
More than one year before, Licia Ronzulli took her daughter to attend the meeting for the proposal of extending maternity leave.
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i agree this is sweet, but babies do not have a place in the cpakolrwe. i’m a dentist, and i don’t how many of you will like me to do your root canal whilst i have a baby strapped onto my back…..my partner is a doctor, and again i don’t think any of you would appreciate him having a cot in the consulting room or operating theatre whilst he is seeing you. why should a politician be any different?i think it is essential that cpakolrwes are supportive of mothers (including maternity leave etc etc) and their particular needs, but having your baby with you at work is unfortunately not a good idea, despite the ‘cute’ factor.so lets not get too carried away with this image…- jessica.
Thanks for posting this, Joanna. Whlie I only was able to take 5 weeks off with my first child (at 50% pay, oiwhtut being able to heal from my emergency C-Section), my husband is a professor and gets either one full semester off (with full pay) or half a teaching load for 2 semesters (with full pay). I do the hard work, he gets the time off
I’m fortunate now that I work for myself, and occassionally I have to take one of my children with me to meetings. If a client has a problem with that, they aren’t my client for long. Besides a better work-life balance, I’m also proving to my children and other women that you don’t have to choose, and you can have everything in life as long as you work hard.I think it’s great that all POVs are being discussed here, even though they create tension. But that is the only way for things to change! No matter what “side” you take on this issue, please just keep the conversation going and be proud that you live in a society that allows you to do so!
Well- we must contextualise the story. This woman is a mebemr of Berlusconi’s party, a party that promotes a conservative, gendered and stereotyped image of women (women as mothers and housemakers, with long flowing hair and always lipstick at hand). Which is a perfectly reasonable choice on the part of many women, but cannot be branded as the “correct” way of being a woman. Many women choose not to have children and are exactly as worthy of being considered women as mums are.Yes, daycare should be provided for every single child, and yes, maternity leaves are extremely important. But so are PATERNITY leaves. Moreso, even, because without equal paternity and maternity leave true equality cannot be achieved both in social roles and the workplace. The obvious example of this is the Scandinavian model.I think it would’ve been much more groundbraking if the MEP carrying his baby in Parliament would’ve been a man.