You are lucky Shahzad, you got married with a Swedish girl and It's good that you moved to Sweden, children's education is also free, and the Swedish government also pays for raising children for 18 years." Naeem picked up the phone and started talking.
Before I say something, Naeem asked that if you have 4 or 5 children, then the expenses of the house will be paid off, so there will be no need to work. Here in Pakistan, inflation has broken our back.

Since I want to keep in touch with my family and friends, I learned better ignore these kinds of talks, and the other reason why I don't mind is that maybe this way they can get their frustration out. However, these questions are very common because there is really no doubt that Sweden is a welfare state.

Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce a parental income insurance policy in 1974. The purpose of which was to provide parents with an opportunity to spend the first beautiful days with the child without financial difficulties.

Sweden is famous worldwide for its excellent welfare system. Although in this Swedish society, fulfilling the economic needs of the family was considered only the responsibility of the man and the care of the children and housework was considered the responsibility of the woman.

In the early 1960s, Sweden's unfair and outdated ideas, traditions and family system began to be questioned. A new Swedish society was then envisioned, which included concepts of gender equality, which ultimately proved to be effective in improving new gender relations in the family and society. This demand for gender equality in the society included not only women but also the demand that men should also be given equality in those areas which were not considered equal to them. The goal of these equal rights principles was to create opportunities for women to work and for men to take responsibility for their children. This notion of equality in society was sometimes harshly criticised, but after 1968, when the Swedish government responded to the UN's demand for the "Situation of Women in Society", the idea became even more central. Swedish politician Olof Palme argued that, in principle, raising and caring for children should be the equal responsibility of men and women. The early relationship between father and child has profound effects on the child's future. Therefore, there should also be scope in the law to give the father the right to take care of his child. After that, this demand for gender equality quickly became a stable political vision. This political vision formed the basis for the establishment of the parental insurance policy in 1974, which for the first time gave men the right to take leave from work to care for their children.

In 1992, the National Institute of Public Health, now known as the Public Health Agency, launched a publicity campaign called Papa Come Home to encourage men to take time off to care for their children, which published interviews with men who had used this insurance policy. You will be surprised to know that among the men who took leave to look after their children in 1979 was a family from Pakistan, my father in law.

Aftab Ansari is from Karachi, Pakistan. The special thing about this interview was that it consisted of several pages and the reason for this is evident from Aftab Ansari's answer. He said that in our society, a man's job is to meet the economic needs of his family, and taking care of children is a woman's responsibility. I also faced criticism from my relatives and friends. But in these six months I have learned one thing. Women are more hardworking than men, while men are lazy. What is surprising is that she is not proud of it, nor does she boast about it. There are many tasks to be done in a household in which we men should help women.
According to the World Economic Forum, Sweden has the lowest rate of gender discrimination in the world. It took almost 40 years for these reforms to be implemented in Sweden, after which parents have equal rights in Sweden.

But is the Swedish childcare allowance really enough?

Recently, an article based on a report by Swedish Bank senior analyst Madeleine was published in Sweden's daily Expressen Newspaper. In which the basic expenses incurred from the birth of a child to the age of 18 were estimated. According to which, from the birth of a child to the age of 19 years, approximately 12 40 000 SEK are spent. Of which only 32% is paid by the Swedish government in the form of this allowance. While immediately after the birth, the salary of one of the parents also decreases. Inflation has also increased in Sweden in the last decade, but the child allowance has not been increased. It is surprising how patiently people are living here. While they should protest. I replied to my friend innocently.