Series: Child Care Campaign

Having a young child to look after reduces a woman’s working hours and lowers her earnings at a time in her life when she needs money most. Informal workplaces – public streets and markets, waste dumps, and private homes – are often unsafe spaces for infants and toddlers. Without government subsidies, quality private child care centres are too expensive for women informal workers. Access to quality public child care services protects women’s earnings and ensures their children have an equal start in life. In collaboration with informal workers’ organizations, WIEGO developed campaign materials (in seven languages) to support women informal workers demands.