Thousands of childcare workers take action in pay fight
EXCERPTSSome childcare workers want to be paid as much as doctors for helping shoulder the burden of educating Australia's next generation.Unions will settle for pay parity with teachers.Mel Lowndes...
View ArticleAECEO responds to early years and child care announcement
EXCERPTSToday's announcement from the provincial government outlines a plan to transform the way early years and child care programs are provided and steers Ontario on the path toward a real system of...
View ArticleOpinon: Free child care would foster gender equality
Many women, notably those who bravely exit abusive relationships, become saddled with unpaid childcare - a reality that only aggravates the poverty experienced by many women in our communities. The...
View ArticleSweden is apparently full of 'latte dads' carrying toddlers — and it's a sign...
EXCERPTSForget "ladies who lunch." In Sweden there are "latte dads."In an NBC News article profiling American dads who move to Sweden to live in a different parenting culture, authors Alexander Smith...
View ArticlePaswani-Abote: Child care costs are a nightmare for single moms
EXCERPTSThere has been vast progress toward the emancipation and inclusion of women in the workforce. In almost every sector, women are breaking barriers — they are heading big conglomerates and...
View ArticleEqual pay day: Show women the money
The gender wage gap isn’t new. And it’s not inevitable. It’s a product of systemic discrimination sustained by employer and government choices. The solutions to close the gap have been known for...
View Article12 steps to close the gender pay gap by 2025
DescriptionWe know that the issue of the gender pay gap is complex and the product of many contributing factors. Closing it will require a multi-level strategy. This is why the Equal Pay Coalition 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 ArticleRevealed: Childcare workers paid less than McDonald’s workers
EXCERPTSChildcare workers responsible for caring for children in their most critical years of development are among the lowest-paid workers in Australia, The New Daily can reveal.On Tuesday, roughly...
View ArticleThousands of childcare workers take action in pay fight
EXCERPTSSome childcare workers want to be paid as much as doctors for helping shoulder the burden of educating Australia's next generation.Unions will settle for pay parity with teachers.Mel Lowndes...
View ArticleAECEO responds to early years and child care announcement
EXCERPTSToday's announcement from the provincial government outlines a plan to transform the way early years and child care programs are provided and steers Ontario on the path toward a real system of...
View ArticleOpinon: Free child care would foster gender equality
Many women, notably those who bravely exit abusive relationships, become saddled with unpaid childcare - a reality that only aggravates the poverty experienced by many women in our communities. The...
View ArticleSweden is apparently full of 'latte dads' carrying toddlers — and it's a sign...
EXCERPTSForget "ladies who lunch." In Sweden there are "latte dads."In an NBC News article profiling American dads who move to Sweden to live in a different parenting culture, authors Alexander Smith...
View ArticleEqual pay day: Show women the money
The gender wage gap isn’t new. And it’s not inevitable. It’s a product of systemic discrimination sustained by employer and government choices. The solutions to close the gap have been known for...
View Article12 steps to close the gender pay gap by 2025
DescriptionWe know that the issue of the gender pay gap is complex and the product of many contributing factors. Closing it will require a multi-level strategy. This is why the Equal Pay Coalition has...
View ArticlePaswani-Abote: Child care costs are a nightmare for single moms
EXCERPTSThere has been vast progress toward the emancipation and inclusion of women in the workforce. In almost every sector, women are breaking barriers — they are heading big conglomerates and...
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 ArticleState of the world’s fathers: Unlocking the power of men’s care
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis report has a big ambition: we are calling for nothing less than full equality between women and men, in the workplace and in the home. The third State of the World’s Fathers is...
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