The Duchess of Sussex talked paid leave and the importance of professional parity during a panel discussion for The New York Times.
"When my life and my lifestyle were very different, I always stood up for what was right," Meghan said during the conversation."I had been gone from the U.S. for a really long time, I lived in Canada for seven years for work, and then moved to the U.K., and to come back and now be a mother of two, and to see that the U.S. is one of only six countries in the entire world that does not offer any form of national paid leave, just didn't make sense.
The duchess added,"This is one of those issues that is not red or blue. We can all agree that people need support, certainly when they've just had a child. We have a five-month-old baby, so it is a sensitive one for us. We had the luxury of having had that time—not just for moms but also for fathers as well—to be with our newborn."Bianca Betancourt is the Culture Editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com where she covers all things film, TV, music, and of course, Royal Family ongoings.
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