Care
Family Care
In promoting the economic development
of women in Welsh life much of Chwarae Teg’s work focuses
on removing the barriers that prevent women from maximising
their career potential.
One of the most significant of these
barriers is the fact that women still make up the majority
of unpaid carers of children
and adult dependants. This means that unless adequate, affordable
and good quality care provision is available then women will
continue to find it difficult to enter into and retain employment.
Once in employment it is also important that employers practice
flexible working and consider caring issues to enable those
people to remain happy in their jobs and to progress in their
chosen career.
We have recently undertaken a major piece of
research on the economic impact of care in Wales. A copy
of the executive summary
of this research is available by clicking the link below.
Making the Case for Care (March
2003)
To
download the
Executive Summary of the research, please
click here
Childcare
Chwarae Teg has undertaken much research
into the provision of childcare in Wales, and has produced
numerous publications
aimed at employers, employees and people wishing to start
up childcare businesses. Our most recent publications can be
downloaded
by clicking the links below or by contacting our national
office. We have also been involved with childcare pilot projects,
and
work closely with the local childcare partnerships to push
the forward the childcare agenda in Wales.
Adult/Dependent Care Chwarae Teg has worked with
partner organisations to identify and explore issues relating
to the barriers which prevent carers
of adults or elder dependants from entering into employment.
The publication Better Care Better Business highlights some
of these issues and looks at ways that employers can improve
their workplace policies for carers. We are also involved
with pilot initiatives that support carers in employment.
Carers
of children with disabilities Included in the research document
Making the Case for Care (March 2003), Chwarae Teg recognised
that the issues for non-working
and working carers of disabled children could often be more
acute and needed particular consideration. We will be working
with employers and partner organisations to explore these
issues and develop ideas for addressing barriers to employment.
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