The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not offer any paid leave to new parents. Ivanka Trump had hoped to use her appearance in Berlin to talk about boosting female entrepreneurs. But some of those entrepreneurs in the United States say the White House is making their jobs even harder. Still, female entrepreneurs in the United States are better off than those in most other countries, studies find. This year, Mastercard’s Index of Women Entrepreneurs put the United States in third place for female entrepreneurs, behind New Zealand and Canada.

Source: Washington Post April 25, 2017 11:31 UTC