Men in Childcare Export

@article{citeulike:758803, abstract = {The childcare sector employs an estimated 275,000 paid staff across a wide range of settings, including day nurseries, playgroups and after-school care. Not only is it a large employer, it enables women with children to participate in the labour market and is therefore important to the achievement of gender equality. The childcare workforce has been a key area for Government employment policy in recent years, with particular emphasis given to recruitment of new workers into the sector. Yet, all sources of data on the childcare workforce show men at around 2 or 3 per cent. This figure has remained steady in the last decade despite national and local recruitment campaigns aimed at men. The Equal Opportunities commission (EOC), commissioned this review in order to examine how the employment of men in childcare can be increased. The review explores the evidence for the under-representation of men in childcare and identifies current initiatives and projects that aim to change this. Finally, strategies to increase the participation of men in the sector are identified. The review included an analysis of literature on men in childcare, written from a research or policy perspective. It also covered the current activity of the national childcare recruitment campaign, carried out by local authorities, and the work of other initiatives and projects.}, author = {Rolfe, H.}, citeulike-article-id = {758803}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.eoc.org.uk/pdf/wp35_men_and_childcare_full_report.pdf}, keywords = {childcare, gender, men}, posted-at = {2006-07-14 11:23:43}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Manchester: EOC}, title = {Men in Childcare}, url = {http://www.eoc.org.uk/pdf/wp35_men_and_childcare_full_report.pdf}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:758803 L3 - citeulike-article-id:758803 N2 - The childcare sector employs an estimated 275,000 paid staff across a wide range of settings, including day nurseries, playgroups and after-school care. Not only is it a large employer, it enables women with children to participate in the labour market and is therefore important to the achievement of gender equality. The childcare workforce has been a key area for Government employment policy in recent years, with particular emphasis given to recruitment of new workers into the sector. Yet, all sources of data on the childcare workforce show men at around 2 or 3 per cent. This figure has remained steady in the last decade despite national and local recruitment campaigns aimed at men. The Equal Opportunities commission (EOC), commissioned this review in order to examine how the employment of men in childcare can be increased. The review explores the evidence for the under-representation of men in childcare and identifies current initiatives and projects that aim to change this. Finally, strategies to increase the participation of men in the sector are identified. The review included an analysis of literature on men in childcare, written from a research or policy perspective. It also covered the current activity of the national childcare recruitment campaign, carried out by local authorities, and the work of other initiatives and projects. TI - Men in Childcare PB - Manchester: EOC KW - childcare KW - gender KW - men AU - Rolfe, H PY - 2005/// UR - http://www.eoc.org.uk/pdf/wp35_men_and_childcare_full_report.pdf ER -