Gender equality or employment promotion? The politicization of parental leave policy in Finland

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview of party positions on the use of reserved leave quotas for fathers in Finland during the 2010s.

Party	2010–14	2015–18	2019-
Left Alliance	+	+	+
Greens	+	+	+
Social Democratic Party	+	+	+
Centre Party	(–)	(+)	(+)
National Coalition Party	N/A	+	(+)
Finns Party	(–)	+	(+)
Christian Democrats	–	–	–

‘+’ denotes a positive and ‘–’ a negative position on reserved leave quotas for fathers. Parentheses are used for denoting an indirect or implicit position.