THE‘Italy said “no” to equal parental leave And Federica Pellegrini expressed his complete opposition to the decision arrived at on Wednesday 24 February by the Chamber Budget Committee.
Federica Pellegrini, the social outburst against the no to parental leave
«And then we want Italy to have more children…if mom takes on all the work», wrote the former swimmer commenting on the news in one History on Instagram.
«It’s always the choice that’s missing… that we’re missing. Working and having a career or having a family…If to emerge as women we have to work twice as hard, becoming mothers we have to do it quadruple! It seems easy to understand that if a woman wants to have a career in this country, it is better for her not to become a mother. It is a choice induced by the aid that we do not have, and therefore it is not a choice”, concluded Pellegrini.
Federica Pellegrini and her husband Matteo Giunta are parents of a little girl and are expecting their second child (IPA).
What is equal parental leave
The proposal for equal parental leave included equal opportunity to be absent from work for both mothers and fathers. In Italy mothers have a 5 months compulsory leave, while fathers are barely entitled to them 10 days.
The proposal, however, wanted to introduce five mandatory months for each parent, with 100% of the salary. Among the clauses, the non-transferabilitysuch that one of the two could not have “ceded” his right to the other.
Nothing to do, however, at least for the moment. The Chamber Budget Commission rejected the initiative following the report from the State General Accounting Office: there would be no financial resources to support the leave.
Federica Pellegrini, soon to be a second mother
Hence the controversies, not only political ones, as also revealed by Federica Pellegrini’s reaction. The former swimmer is the mother of Matilda2 years old, and in a few weeks she will give birth to her second child, another little girl for her and her husband Matteo Giunta. She has no shortage of help, but the champion has often spoken about the difficulties of combining family and work.
“I went from doing 3,000 things a day to other priorities,” she said to Very true at the beginning of 2025, «Now I want to stay at home with Matildeand the fact that I sacrifice my time for her is still a huge burden on me. But she remains mine prioritya natural change of directionit’s impressive how nature shows you the way.”
