Covid childcare crisis reversing decades of women's economic progress – report

Calls for recovery plans to address unequal burden of looking after children to advance equality and ‘because it makes fiscal sense’The childcare crisis is at a “tipping point”, threatening to reverse decades of women’s economic progress, according to a new report published on Monday.The report warned that the female-dominated childcare sector risked collapse, as coronavirus lockdowns and rising poverty levels had led to a “steep drop” in demand for formal and informal services. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/mar/08/covid-childcare-crisis-reversing-decades-of-womens-economic-progress-report #women's_rights_and_gender_equality #global_development #coronavirus #childcare #world_news #children #women