Home-based childcare providers play key role in gender equality quest
Nairobi, March 9 -- The theme for this year's International Women's Day is "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress."
For those of us working to support the childcare sector, this theme couldn't resonate more.
While childcare is as old as humanity, it has taken a while for most countries to view childcare as a profession and to develop the infrastructure required to make it universally accessible.
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A key factor fuelling this perception is that childcare is not seen as a public good or human right with corresponding obligations on the government as a duty bearer.
Consequently, in these countries, there are few to no publicly funded childcare services. This lacuna is a cause fo...
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