working mothers

Forty-four Knesset members voted in favor of the daycare subsidy bill, which would base eligibility for daycare assistance on the toddler’s mother rather than the father. Thirty-seven lawmakers opposed it, while members of the Religious Zionism faction were absent from the vote.

Recently given birth with paid time off? That’s a luxury. A video that went viral this week shows a young 26-year-old mother tearfully explaining how she was forced to return to work just a week after giving birth to a premature baby, igniting widespread debate in the U.S.