Maternity and paternity transferability leave at the crossroads. Interview with Patricia Merino

Abstract

We present a dialogue held in the fall of 2019 with Patricia Merino, master`s degree in feminist studies from the Complutense University of Madrid, is the author of the essay Maternidad, igualdad y fraternidad: las madres como sujeto político en las sociedades postlaborales and, is the spokeswoman for the Platform of Feminist Mothers for the Expansion of Transferable Permits too. We talked with her about feminism and PETRA's trajectory and its political goals, about the mothers as a political subject as well as of the need for more support for parenting and childhood. We address, especially, the critical stance that PETRA supports against the approval of Royal Decree-Law 6/2019, which extended to 4 months the non-transferable paternity rights in the Spain.