Childcare responsibilities affect parents contribution towards the labour workforce - Vuniwaqa
Childcare responsibilities affect parents contribution towards the labour workforce - Vuniwaqa Friday 12/03/2021
The lack of good quality and affordable childcare services in the country are responsible for parents inability to contribute effectively to the labour workforce.
This was highlighted by the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa while officiating at the International Women s Day celebration at the Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation office.
Vuniwaqa says a small number of working parents in Fiji currently use a childcare service and the services that do exist are largely unregulated.
Wanshika Kumar
2 March, 2021, 10:30 pm
IFC has collaborated with the Fijian Government in the designing of the country s first early childcare policy. Picture: SUPPLIED
INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has collaborated with the Fijian Government in the designing of the country’s first early childcare policy which will benefit working families and businesses in Fiji.
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa said good quality and affordable childcare were often lacking or not aligned with the family needs, values and income levels.
“Good quality, affordable childcare is often scarce, not aligned with family needs, values, working hours and income levels,” she said.
International Finance Corporation
24 February, 2021, 2:58 pm
IFC country representative to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati and Tuvalu, Deva De Silva and Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa after the cooperation agreement signing. Picture: SCREENGRAB
Working families and businesses in Fiji are set to benefit from the development of a childcare policy and regulatory framework that will pave the way for quality and safe childcare services for children under the age of five, while also helping to reduce absenteeism and improve productivity.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is supporting the Fijian Government in the design of the country’s first early childhood care services policy which is expected to foster better outcomes for children, including in health, safety and nutrition.
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