In this study, Sweden and China's family policies, with a specific focus on their effect on gender equality, are compared. We describe the different goals and objectives of parental/maternity leave and childcare policies. The effect of family policies on gender equality, indicated by equal employment opportunities for women and the gender division of labour in the family in the two countries, is also discussed. A systematic comparison revealed that both countries included the promotion of gender equality in their policy agendas, but they varied in design and implementation. Swedish family policies assume childcare is a public concern, and women's participation in the labour market and men's involvement in childcare are considered to be crucial to achieving gender equality. In contrast, China's family policies emphasize women's participation in the labour market, but overlook the gender division of household work and childcare at home.

本文探討瑞典和中國的家庭政策，特別是兩國家庭政策對性別平等的影響。本文首先介紹兩國父母/產假和幼兒照顧政策的目標，進而從婦女平等就業機會和家務分工兩方面討論政策對於性別平等的影響。通過系統的比較, 研究發現瑞典和中國在其家庭政策中都尋求促進性別平等，然而兩國在家庭政策的設計和實施中存有較大差異。瑞典的家庭政策視幼兒照顧為一個公共政策問題，並認為在婦女參與勞動力市場的同時，男性應該參與家庭育兒。這對實現性別平等是至關重要的。相比之下，中國的家庭政策強調婦女在勞動力市場的參與，但忽視了在家務和育兒上的性別分工。

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