Where's Your Daddy?

Many new fathers spend the days and weeks after their baby is born roughly the same way: at the office, buried in work. Around the world, paid paternity leave policies are still relatively rare. And even when a country or business has one, it's often still culturally taboo for a man to use the time. Why should we worry about the lack of paternity leave policies around the world? And how do we bridge the gap between progressive policy and slowly changing global culture that too often continues to malign the man who takes leave? Where are the global paternity leave success stories – and the cautionary tales?

Join New America and Promundo for an afternoon of discussions that explore how paternity leave policies benefit not only children and families, but also the bottom line of both businesses and countries.

Lunch will be served.

Follow the discussion online using #WhereIsDaddy and following @NewAmerica.

Agenda:

12:15 PM-12:25 PM: Keynote Remarks

Anne-Marie Slaughter
CEO and President, New America

12:25 PM-1:10 PM: It’s All in the Family: How does paternity leave impact the life of a child?

Mike Feigelson 
Executive Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation

Joe Jones
Founder, Center for Urban Families

Liz Peters
Director, Center on Labor, Human Services and Population, Urban Institute

Moderator:

Dan Kois
Culture Editor, Slate
Co-host, Mom and Dad Are Fighting

1:10 PM-1:30 PM: Father Knows Best: The Evolution of What it Means to be a Dad in Popular Culture

Simon Isaacs
Co-Founder, Fatherly

Moderator: 

Doug French
Co-Founder, Dad 2.0 Summit

1:30 PM-1:45 PM: Case Study: How the U.K. Passed Paternity Leave

Adrienne Burgess
Joint Chief Executive and Head of Research, Fatherhood Institute

1:45 PM-2:30 PM: Fathernomics: How Paternity Leave Benefits Businesses and Countries

Latifa Lyles
Director, U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau

Brad Harrington
Executive Director, Boston College Center for Work & Family

Jake Brewer 
Managing Director of External Affairs, change.org

Barbara Wankoff
Director of Workplace Solutions, KPMG

Moderator: 

Liza Mundy
Director, Breadwinning and Caregiving Program, New America

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Case Study: How Brazil Fought for Paternity Leave & Concluding Remarks

Gary Barker
International Director and Founder, Promundo