It took Macau more than ten years to increase its statutory maternity leave from 56 days to 70 days. The amendment to the Labour Relations Law voted by mid-May also introduces five days of paternity leave; existing provisions grant new fathers two days of leave with no pay, unless agreed otherwise with the employer. Hong […]
Author Archives: Sheyla Zandonai
Sheyla Zandonai, Ph.D., is an anthropologist and mother based in Macau, where she is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Saint Joseph. She is also Research Associate in the Laboratoire Architecture Anthropologie at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris La Villette in France. Zandonai has co-authored Slogans: Subjection, Subversion, and the Politics of Neoliberalism and published extensively in international academic journals and media outlets about Macau, identity politics, city-making and heritage practices.