DWP Library author talk: Caring is Sharing?

Katherine Twamley is Professor of Sociology at the University College London’s Social Research Institute. Her book Caring is Sharing? explores why and how mixed-sex couples make decisions around parental leave at the transition to parenthood, and how these decisions shape their work and family care practices during and after the leave period. It does this through a longitudinal qualitative comparative analysis of mixed-sex parent couples in England who do and do not share parental leave after the birth of their first child. In this presentation, Katherine will share a summary of the research and thinking in her book. This will include an opportunity for a discussion and Q&A with Katherine.