The text of the initiative was published in the Federal Gazette in April 2025, meaning a deadline of October 1, 2026 for collecting 100,000 signatures required for a public vote. The proposal has been put forward not just by the Liberal Greens, but also by the Greens, Alliance F, Travail Suisse and Women of the Centre.

It is also supported by the Social Democrats and the Evangelical Party, among other organisations.

The initiative calls for adequate, paid parental leave for mothers and fathers following the birth of a child. Funding is to be provided through income replacement insurance. Should their constitutional proposal be approved, implementing legislation must be in place within five years. For the first ten years, the text calls for 18 weeks’ leave for both fathers and mothers, to be take in principle one after the other. A maximum of one quarter of this period may be taken together, and the leave will not be transferable between them