Childcare in a Global Crisis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Work and Family Life / Anna Gromada, Dominic Richardson and Gwyther Rees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gromada, Anna, author.

Contributor:

Richardson, Dominic.

Rees, Gwyther.

SourceOECD (Online service)

Series:

Innocenti Research Briefs 26642166 ; no.2020/18.

Innocenti Research Briefs 26642166 ; no.2020/18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Economic and Social Development.

Children and Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource, (11 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2020.

System Details:

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Summary:

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis that has engulfed the world during 2020 challenges children's education, care and well-being. Many parents struggle to balance their responsibilities for childcare and paid employment, with a disproportionate burden placed on women. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation of families had been described as 'a global childcare crisis'. This brief takes a global perspective on childcare in the early years. In the current context of lockdown and school closures, lack of childcare is likely to be one of the worst affected services available to families. This paper paints a picture of current progress towards ensuring that all families have access to affordable and high-quality childcare, and considers the implications of the current COVID-19 crisis for childcare globally. We show how governments and employers can help parents to address the global childcare crisis through paid parental leave, followed by accessible, affordable and high-quality childcare. COVID-19 economic recovery packages have, to date, directed the vast majority of resources to firms rather than to households. This can be changed through public provision of childcare, subsidies, social protection floors and tax incentives.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

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