‘Loud and proud’: UK summit kicks off new conversation for working dads

Organisers of event urge fathers to push for more equal parental rights in face of Britain's current poor offering

Who's in your team?" asked Elliott Rae, pumping up the crowd in central London at what he billed as the world's first Working Dads' summit. Who's your goalkeeper, your defender, your striker? Do you have a full 11? Do you have subs on the bench?."

Football analogies are generally rare at events about parenting, particularly those that seek to tackle gender equality. But then, so are men. At the Working Dads' summit - almost certainly the first in the UK - both were in plentiful supply, as fathers were urged to create a new idea of masculinity".