WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Do same-sex female parents have access to as much paid leave as different-sex parents for the adoption of an infant?

Data on the legality of same-sex marriage and civil unions was obtained from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA).

Equality of access to paid leave was only in analyzed in countries that have taken the first step of legally recognizing same-sex marriages or civil unions.

Less generous paid leave available to same-sex adoptive parents means that paid leave uses gender restrictive language that limits access to paid leave or higher paid leave.

Paid leave is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents means that same-sex marriage or civil unions are legally recognized and there are no gender restrictions on access to paid leave for spouses or partners..

Countries

Afghanistan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Albania - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Algeria - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Angola - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Antigua and Barbuda - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Armenia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Azerbaijan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Bahamas - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Bahrain - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Bangladesh - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Barbados - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Belarus - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Belize - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Benin - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Bhutan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Bolivia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Botswana - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Brunei - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Bulgaria - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Burkina Faso - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Burundi - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Cambodia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Cameroon - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Cabo Verde - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Central African Republic - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Chad - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

China - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Comoros - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Republic of the Congo - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Cote d'Ivoire - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Cuba - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Djibouti - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Dominica - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Dominican Republic - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Egypt - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

El Salvador - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Equatorial Guinea - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Eritrea - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Ethiopia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Fiji - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Gabon - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

The Gambia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Georgia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Ghana - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Grenada - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Guatemala - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Guinea - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Guinea-Bissau - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Guyana - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Haiti - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Honduras - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

India - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Indonesia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Iran - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Iraq - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Jamaica - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Japan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Jordan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Kazakhstan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Kenya - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Kiribati - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Republic of Korea - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Kuwait - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Kyrgyzstan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Laos - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Latvia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Lebanon - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Lesotho - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Liberia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Libya - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Lithuania - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

North Macedonia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Madagascar - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Malawi - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Malaysia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Maldives - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Mali - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Marshall Islands - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Mauritania - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Mauritius - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Micronesia, Federated States of - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Moldova - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Mongolia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Morocco - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Mozambique - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Myanmar - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Namibia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Nauru - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Nepal - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Nicaragua - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Niger - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Nigeria - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Oman - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Pakistan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Palau - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Panama - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Papua New Guinea - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Paraguay - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Peru - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

The Philippines - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Poland - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Qatar - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Romania - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Russian Federation - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Rwanda - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Samoa - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Sao Tome and Principe - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Saudi Arabia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Senegal - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Serbia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Seychelles - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Sierra Leone - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Singapore - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Slovakia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Solomon Islands - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Somalia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

South Sudan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Sri Lanka - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

St. Kitts and Nevis - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

St. Lucia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Sudan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Suriname - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Eswatini - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Syria - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Tajikistan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Tanzania - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Thailand - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Timor-Leste - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Togo - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Tonga - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Trinidad and Tobago - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Tunisia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Türkiye - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Turkmenistan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Tuvalu - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Uganda - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Ukraine - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

United Arab Emirates - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Uzbekistan - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Vanuatu - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Venezuela - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Vietnam - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Yemen - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Zambia - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Zimbabwe - Same sex marriages or civil unions are not legally recognized

Chile - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Croatia - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Cyprus - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Czech Republic - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Ecuador - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Estonia - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Greece - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Greenland - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Hungary - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Italy - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Liechtenstein - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Mexico - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Monaco - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Montenegro - Same-sex adoption not legally recognized

Argentina - No paid leave for adoptive parents

United States of America - No paid leave for adoptive parents

Andorra - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Australia - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Austria - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Belgium - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Brazil - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Canada - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Colombia - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Costa Rica - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Denmark - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Finland - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

France - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Germany - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Iceland - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Ireland - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Luxembourg - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Malta - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

The Netherlands - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

New Zealand - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Norway - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Portugal - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

San Marino - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Slovenia - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

South Africa - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Spain - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Sweden - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Switzerland - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

United Kingdom - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents

Uruguay - Paid leave for adoption is equally available to same-sex parents as different-sex parents