Oct 18, 2021
In September 2020, 863,000 women left or were forced to leave the workforce. Since then, much attention has been focused on how the paid leave proposal in Biden’s Build Back Better plan—which is currently being debated in Congress—could help keep women in the workforce when they’re welcoming a new child into their family, caring for a loved one or even recovering from a serious illness like cancer.
But one truly world-leading element of the paid leave plan hasn’t gotten the notice it should, especially right now, during National Domestic Violence Awareness month: The paid leave proposal in the Build Back Better plan would specifically provide paid leave for people who need to “find safety from assault, stalking and sexual violence.”