Julia Lipscombe: Affordable child-care funding announcement good news for...
EXCERPTSThis week, the federal and provincial governments announced they were committing more money to affordable child care.More specifically, on Thursday, federal cabinet minister and Edmonton-Mill...
View ArticleLes services de garde subventionnés : l’exception du Québec dans le contexte...
SummaryCompared with other Western countries, Canada has devoted far fewer resources to child daycare services. In contrast, since the late 1990s, Quebec has invested a significant amount in an...
View ArticleGarderies : pourquoi les autres provinces n'ont-elles pas suivi le Québec?
EXCERPTSN'est-il pas étonnant de constater que le système de garderies subventionnées du Québec n'a jamais été copié ailleurs au Canada? Pourtant, quantité d'experts s'entendent pour dire que le...
View ArticleThe US is stingier with child care and maternity leave than the rest of the...
EXCERPTSIn most American families led by couples, both parents are in the workforce. At the same time, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. children are being raised by single moms.Yet child care is generally...
View ArticleThe tale of two Germanies highlights how childcare provision benefits women
Childcare is beneficial not only for women's labour force participation but also for their career progression, writes Vidhi Chhaochharia EXCERPTSGender inequality in firms is an issue which has...
View ArticleUnderpaid and undervalued: the reality of childcare work in the UK
EXCERPTSDespite the important job they do, wages for people working in childcare tend to be low. These workers earn less than the average wage across all UK employment sectors and barely half that of...
View ArticleThe costs of child care around the world
EXCERPTSFinding the right child care can be a frustrating -- and expensive -- process for parents around the world, from New York to Nairobi.Access to adequate child care for all has become a "global"...
View ArticleWomen earn less after they have kids, despite strong credentials
EXCERPTSWomen without kids have earned more than employed mothers for decades or longer. But differences between these two kinds of workers, in terms of the education under their belts and the job...
View ArticleWhy affordable child care is essential to keeping women in tech
EXCERPTSAmanda Munday is senior marketer and an advocate for women-identified rights who works at HiMama, an early-education technology startup based in Toronto.I’ve worked in technology for 14 years,...
View ArticleThe tale of two Germanies highlights how childcare provision benefits women
Childcare is beneficial not only for women's labour force participation but also for their career progression, writes Vidhi Chhaochharia EXCERPTSGender inequality in firms is an issue which has...
View ArticleNew parents hope proposed B.C. parental leave rules hold up
Leave will be extended to 18 months if legislation goes through, matching option offered by federal government EXCERPTSNew legislation introduced Monday by the B.C. Minister of Labour aims to make it...
View ArticleProper childcare helps poor working women – and it can boost economies
EXCERPTSIn the fight for the rights of working women we must not overlook the most vulnerable: the millions of poor working women in cities in developing countries who are forced to take their kids...
View ArticleJulia Lipscombe: Affordable child-care funding announcement good news for...
EXCERPTSThis week, the federal and provincial governments announced they were committing more money to affordable child care.More specifically, on Thursday, federal cabinet minister and Edmonton-Mill...
View ArticleLes services de garde subventionnés : l’exception du Québec dans le contexte...
SummaryCompared with other Western countries, Canada has devoted far fewer resources to child daycare services. In contrast, since the late 1990s, Quebec has invested a significant amount in an...
View ArticleGarderies : pourquoi les autres provinces n'ont-elles pas suivi le Québec?
EXCERPTSN'est-il pas étonnant de constater que le système de garderies subventionnées du Québec n'a jamais été copié ailleurs au Canada? Pourtant, quantité d'experts s'entendent pour dire que le...
View ArticleThe US is stingier with child care and maternity leave than the rest of the...
EXCERPTSIn most American families led by couples, both parents are in the workforce. At the same time, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. children are being raised by single moms.Yet child care is generally...
View ArticleThe tale of two Germanies highlights how childcare provision benefits women
Childcare is beneficial not only for women's labour force participation but also for their career progression, writes Vidhi Chhaochharia EXCERPTSGender inequality in firms is an issue which has...
View ArticleUnderpaid and undervalued: the reality of childcare work in the UK
EXCERPTSDespite the important job they do, wages for people working in childcare tend to be low. These workers earn less than the average wage across all UK employment sectors and barely half that of...
View ArticleThe costs of child care around the world
EXCERPTSFinding the right child care can be a frustrating -- and expensive -- process for parents around the world, from New York to Nairobi.Access to adequate child care for all has become a "global"...
View ArticleWhy affordable child care is essential to keeping women in tech
EXCERPTSAmanda Munday is senior marketer and an advocate for women-identified rights who works at HiMama, an early-education technology startup based in Toronto.I’ve worked in technology for 14 years,...
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