Amid the biggest regional security crisis in decades, as Finland waits to join NATO, the defense minister has chosen to claim nearly two months of parental leave from his job. And Finns aren’t batting an eyelid. Ditto their Nordic neighbors, who are used to family-oriented social policies and work-life balance. Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen, a…
HELSINKI (AP) Finland’s defense minister made a stirring argument for his country’s new gender-neutral parental leave system when he announced he would be stepping aside in few weeks to take care of his 6-month-old son, reassuring the nation that it would be in good hands amid a regional security crisis.
HELSINKI (AP) Amid the biggest regional security crisis in decades, as Finland waits to join NATO, the defense minister has chosen to claim nearly two months of parental leave from his job. And Finns aren’t batting an eyelid.
Finland s defence minister made a stirring argument for his country s new gender-neutral parental leave system when he announced he would be stepping aside in a few weeks to take care of his 6-month-old son, reassuring the nation that it would be in good hands amid a regional security crisis.
On Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3:00pm CT, the Music Institute of Chicago will present The Aznavoorian Duo (Marta Aznavoorian, piano and Ani Aznavoorian, cello) in concert at Nichols Concert Hall.