Women in labor : a comparative study of family leave policy and social citizenship rights in the United States and Norway

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Six large national and international reports regarding health indicators for women and\nchildren and the provision of national family leave policies came out in the period of 2011 to\n2012. These reports, some of which were comparative in nature, described a grim reality in\nthe United States in terms of comparative health and social situations for mothers, and their\nexperiences of motherhood while maintaining participation in the workforce. Within some of\nthe same reports, Norway was hailed as the best place in the world to be a mother (Save the\nChildren 2011; Save the Children 2012). Resources which have a major bearing upon health\nand social indicators, roughly speaking, the overall health and wealth of these two nations,\ncan be described as being relatively similar; the disparity between these national indicators\nregarding women and children is surprising and thought-provoking.\nAcademic research is beginning to illuminate how health and ill-health of populations is\ndetermin

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