Kate’s Reviews > The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World > Status Update

The United States is one of only seven countries in the world that do not provide paid maternity leave - joining the company of Papua New Guinea, Suriname and a handful of other island nations.

Diversity is the best way to defend equality. If people from diverse groups are not making the decisions, the burdens and benefits of society will be divided unequally and unfairly - with the people writing the rules ensuring themselves a greater share of the benefits and a lesser share of the burdens of any society.