Fight for childcare: women carry the double burden!

Fight for childcare: women carry the double burden!

In Tyrol, 50 people in cities such as Wörgl, Schwaz, Innsbruck, Imst and Lienz are currently in consultations to deal with the challenge of reconciling care work and gainful employment. The consultant Petra Kirchmair explains that the people concerned have different individual difficulties. Many are already in the work process or are planning their return, while others can no longer work in their original professions due to childcare problems. Interested help often seeks to find a childcare place and a job. Make external care times in cribs and unclear options for action in the event of illness of the children are often heard. There is often no supporting social network that you can fall back on, as Kirchmair notes. This shows how important these advice centers are in the region to meet the need for childcare places and the subsequent entry into working life, as reported.

inequality in childcare

The head of the advice center, Lisa Maria Egger, points out that women in particular are fighting with the double load. The statistics of the Austrian social security institution show alarming results: In November 2024, 5,633 people in Tyrol in Tyrol - frightening 5,466 of which were women and only 167 men. Egger appeals that more fathers or men should report with care responsibility to find solutions for the care situation. You can even appear as a couple to discuss the distribution of the care together. Here Egger still sees a lot of potential to improve gender distribution in order to achieve a fairer distribution of the care tasks.

In addition, a publication illuminates the topic of child labor in connection with human dignity and the rights of children. The editor Manfred Liebel and his authors from different continents bring important perspectives and encourage the ability and goals of a dignified work for children. The book provides international research results and important food for thought, which provide colorful insights into the challenges that child -working children face. You can read more about this in the scientific discussion, as in the publication "Children's work"