Article 6XXVS World's 1st 'dad strike' hits Britain over paternity leave

World's 1st 'dad strike' hits Britain over paternity leave

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British fathers made history on Tuesday with the world's first "Dad Strike" - and their message was simple: two weeks isn't enough. Pushing prams and holding protest signs, fathers gathered in London and Edinburgh to demand better paternity leave. While other European nations provide months of paid leave, British fathers get just 14 days - a policy campaigners say is decades behind the times. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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