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As of May 2018, more than 40,000 men are on paternity leave, the managing director of the State Social Insurance Fund Nursulu Kemel said.

"To date, 41,006 men in Kazakhstan are on maternity leave, they receive a social allowance for child care on the occasion of loss of income." Between 2008 and April 2018 about 80,000 men left for maternity leave, "said Nursulu Kemel on the sidelines of the press conference in the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

The Vice-Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Svetlana Zhakupova stressed that men on an equal basis with women can apply for the appointment of such social benefits. The main condition is loss of income.

"If a person cares for a child and is constantly next to him, he, accordingly, can not attend the work." We say that there must be an order to leave him on leave, but we do not demand it from a man. a sufficient information system that shows that the income due to childcare has been lost.The payment is called: "Social payment for the care of a child up to one year in the event of loss of income," said Svetlana Zhakupova.

“The Qazaq Times”