the lowest official maternity leave in tunisia with just four weeks followed by new jeeigeria four weeks. the u.s. also only gives 12 weeks. when it comes to paternity, slovenia and iceland give a jeb russ generous 90 days. let's talk to professor kim hawk who's an expert. he joins me now. professor, why do maternity standards and rights matter for working women, and also the economy as a whole? >> clearly for working women, women who want to progress their careers in organizations, women who want to get on, they need to have the guarantee, you know, if they leave the labor market to have children or they want to start a family, they're able to come back. they can come back into the organization, and they can come back at a level which is similar to the one that they were at before they left. not come back into lower-level work. so, you know, clearly for women,