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Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality Sweden


Division for gender Equality

Birgitta ÅseskogSenior Adviser


Parental insurance

three kinds of cash benefits

- pregnancy benefit

- parental benefit in connection with childbirth or

adoption

- temporary parental benefit


Parental benefit in connection with childbirth or adoption

• 16 months in total - (8 months for each parent)

• 13 months at 80 % of annual income

• Parents with low or no income receive a minimum guaranteed benefit – about 20 EUR/day

• 3 months - about 20 EUR/day (the same for everybody)


Parental benefit in connection with childbirth or adoption

• Can be used until the child is 8 years old

• Parents are free to transfer days betwween themselves with the exception of 2 months

- the so called mum’s and dad’s months


”Father’s days”

• The father of a newborn child is entitled to 10 days of temporary parental benefit

• 75 % of fathers use these days


Temporary parental benefit

• given to a working parent for care of a sick child up to the age of 12

• 120 cash benefit days per year and child at 80% of annual income

• In average 7 days per child a year


Parental benefit days used by men

3%

9,6%10,6%

9,9% 10,4%11,6%

12,4%13,8%

15,5%17,2%18,7%

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2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

1974 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Share

(20,8% 2007)


Family policy reform ”gender equality bonus”

Aim: Gender equality – parental leave and participation in the labour market

• Incentive to share parental leave more evenly

• The bonus is a tax credit of maximum about 300 EUR/month


Family policy reform ”child-raising allowance”

• Municipalities can choose whether to introduce child-raising allowance or not.

• Application for child-raising allowance can be made for children over the age of 1 but younger than 3

• The allowance is maximum about 300 EUR/month and child

• Child care facilities can not be used full time together with the allowance, neither parental benefit, etc.


Swedish family policy

The Government wants to:

• make it easier for parents to combine working life with family life

• improve the conditions for gender equality

• increase the freedom for parents to choose the care of their children

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