The US is way behind on family leave

Every country in the world that offers ZERO weeks of paid family leave:

1. Marshall Islands
2. Federated States of Micronesia
3. Nauru
4. Palau
5. Papua New Guinea
6. Suriname
7. Tonga
8. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA https://t.co/v6YNa8yDFC

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 27, 2021

The U.S. is one of six nations in the world without any form of national paid leave. The Democrats are proposing four weeks, but even that is low. Of the 185 countries that offer paid leave for new mothers, only one, Eswatini, offers fewer than four weeks.https://t.co/6gJOQRHJgH pic.twitter.com/tXUBgmdo2O

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 26, 2021

Here’s how we fair, currently with paid paternity leave. If four-weeks paid was included in this package (big if) we’d still lag almost all the rest of the world. pic.twitter.com/2BcNAW2L6y

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 26, 2021

Here’s how many weeks of paid leave a new mother receives in countries around the world:

Russia: 166 weeks
Canada: 76 weeks
Iran: 26 weeks
China: 16 weeks
Iraq: 14 weeks
Mexico: 12 weeks
North Korea: 11 weeks
America: 0 weeks

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) October 25, 2021