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Dove pledges to help fund maternity leave for new fathers with $5,000 grants

Posted at 2:46 PM, Feb 22, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-22 20:50:20-05

According to the popular company Dove, only one in five men in the U.S. are offered paternity leave. The company stated that it wants to help change that.

Dove said that over the next two years, it plans on spending $1 million to fund paternity leaves for new dads.

“Our fund will extend $5,000 grants to dads without access to paid leave so they can spend time with their children and show how paternity leave benefits families, workplaces, and communities,” Dove stated online.

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Only 15% of dads in the U.S. have paid leave to bond with their newborn. Let’s change that. Join us and @alexisohanian in signing the Pledge. Link in Bio. #PaternityLeavePledge

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