The economics of caregiving for working mothers
Although overwhelmingly employed in caregiving industries, women cannot afford child care
Excerpted from the introduction and summary
Global Gender Gap Report 2020
Excerpted from the key findings
The role of affordable child care in promoting work outside the home
Excerpted from the executive summary
How the language around child care can influence political support
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In this edition of "Bloomberg Equality," Bloomberg Opinion columnist Sarah Green Carmichael discusses the changing language around child care and how it impacts politics. She speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu...
Environmental influences on preschoolers' physical activity levels in various early-learning facilities
Abstract
Investing in single mothers' higher education by state
Greater investments in helping single mothers graduate college would benefit their families, their communities, and society as a whole.
Excerpted from the summary
Alberta government warns childcare programs will lose grants in spring
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The UCP will be cutting a pair of programs meant to support childcare centres and workers in Alberta.
In a letter dated Dec. 11, Alberta Children’s Services said that the Benefit Contribution Grant and the...
Women won't get equal pay for 257 years, new report says
Women have to wait a while for equal pay, a new report says — roughly until the year 2277.
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At the current rate of change, the gender gap in economic participation and opportunity won...
GroenLinks wants 3 days of free childcare for every child
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The leader of GroenLinks, Jesse Klaver, wants to put an end to the current childcare allowance benefit (kinderopvangtoeslag). He feels the system they currently use is much too complicated. Instead, he wants to...
Canadian and American moms face equally expensive child care
Many American mothers can't afford child care, either.
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According to a new American report, the high cost of child care is a problem for parents everywhere — but especially for...
