Gro Harlem Brundtland

Set aside Brundtland's later international roles and examine family policy during her Norwegian premiership. The 1993 parental-leave reform reserved four weeks for fathers, making the organisation of care a question for government as well as individual households. Minister Grete Berget and a longer reform movement deserve credit alongside the prime minister. The mechanism is the interesting part: an individual entitlement can change the choices available within a family, even though a law alone cannot equalise unpaid work.