Equal Parenting Project

The Equal Parenting Project (EPP) was set up in 2017 with the aim of using rigorous engaged academic research to help promote gender equality by breaking down barriers experienced by parents that prevent sharing of caring responsibilities, particularly in the first year after birth or adoption. The EPP prides itself in undertaking collaborative engaged research that has the potential to create change in family friendly policies.

To do this, the EPP engages with a wide variety of stakeholders who are critical in these decisions. Over the years we have built a strong network of those engaged in the shared parenting and flexible working agendas across industry, media, the third sector, government departments and parliament. We have worked particularly closely with the Government Equalities Office, Department of Business and Trade, Working Families and Business in the Community and have acted as special advisors for policy reviews and research projects for all these organisations including producing government reports and adding new questions for the most recent national Parental Rights survey. The project has also supported multiple organisations including Nationwide Building Society, AVIVA, The Telegraph, Aon UK, Suffolk County Council and Vodafone to change or update their company policies.