Sweden is planning to introduce a third month of paid parental leave reserved for fathers as of 2016, in a bid to further increase gender equality, the country’s government has just announced.

The country’s Left Party is hoping for more individualized paid time off for new parents, according to Sveriges Radio, Sweden’s English radio service. Observer’s believe that the proposal has a good chance of being enacted by parliament.

Annika Strandhall, Sweden’s social insurance minister, says it has been 13 years since the second month of paternity leave was introduced. A third month “is something we’ve really looked forward to. We know that this is a key issue towards attaining greater [gender] equality,” Strandhäll told Radio Sweden.

Of the 38 countries represented in a 2013 Pew study, the United States is the only country to not offer mandatory paid leave for new parents.The Left Party is pushing for more equally divided parental leave for moms and dads.

The Swedish Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party, founded in 1917 following a split from the Swedish Social Democratic Party.

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