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Yasmine Bourgeois, a member of the Zurich city parliament for the centre-right Radical-Liberal party. swissinfo.ch
Switzerland doesn''t need two weeks of paternity leave, says Radical-Liberal politician Yasmine Bourgeois. The mother of three says if the proposal is accepted on September 27, left-wing groups will keep asking for more and more.
This content was published on September 17, 2020 - 16:13 September 17, 2020 - 16:13
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(fr) Yasmine Bourgeois: ''Les coûts indirects du congé paternité sont occultés
As a mother who is not only against paternity leave but who is a member of the opposition committee, Yasmine Bourgeois is something of an outlier in the current campaign. And she has met with some hostility because of it. While her personal circle backs her, the Zurich politician says she is seeing some ''pretty heated comments'' on social media.
Within her centre-right Radical-Liberal Party, meanwhile, debate on the issue has gradually faded. But only after it proved to be a strong bone of contention. Although most female members were in favour of the two-week paternity leave proposal, the party ultimately decided – by a slim majority – to support a ''no'' vote on September 27.
Bourgeois, a member of Zurich''s city parliament, is against leave for fathers not out of loyalty to the party, but from conviction.
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