From Boston Globe:
"You didn't have to know anything about Spanish politics to be fascinated by the striking photo that came out of Spain this week: The new defense minister, 37 and seven months pregnant, reviewing her troops in a chic maternity outfit.
In Spain, some were questioning whether Carme Chacon should be able to take her state-mandated 16 weeks of paid maternity leave, given the importance of her job.
For most American women, of course, the idea of 16 weeks paid leave is a mere dream. The United States is one of a handful of countries with no guaranteed paid maternity leave policy, researchers found last year."
Video: Carme Chacón's first day in office
The Spanish prime minister José Zapatero was re-elected on March 9 and appointed more women than men to his cabinet.
Ms. Chacon lacks military training but that did not stop her from taking a 10-hour flight to Afganistan to visit the Spanish troops there. She was accompanied by her gynaecologist, an anesthesiologist and a pediatrician.
It looks like she also finds time to keep her Flickr page updated.
References:
When motherhood comes at an inconvenient career moment. Boston Globe.
Spain's Pregnant Defense Minister. Time.
"You didn't have to know anything about Spanish politics to be fascinated by the striking photo that came out of Spain this week: The new defense minister, 37 and seven months pregnant, reviewing her troops in a chic maternity outfit.
In Spain, some were questioning whether Carme Chacon should be able to take her state-mandated 16 weeks of paid maternity leave, given the importance of her job.
For most American women, of course, the idea of 16 weeks paid leave is a mere dream. The United States is one of a handful of countries with no guaranteed paid maternity leave policy, researchers found last year."
Video: Carme Chacón's first day in office
The Spanish prime minister José Zapatero was re-elected on March 9 and appointed more women than men to his cabinet.
Ms. Chacon lacks military training but that did not stop her from taking a 10-hour flight to Afganistan to visit the Spanish troops there. She was accompanied by her gynaecologist, an anesthesiologist and a pediatrician.
It looks like she also finds time to keep her Flickr page updated.
References:
When motherhood comes at an inconvenient career moment. Boston Globe.
Spain's Pregnant Defense Minister. Time.