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Childcare gaps hold back women’s employment in Ukraine
A new ILO-UNICEF study calls for a coordinated response involving governments, employers and workers’ organizations to support women’s labour market participation.
Expanding childcare services to boost women’s entrepreneurship and employment in Ukraine. A case study
In 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched an initiative in Ukraine to address the low labour market participation of women with young children by enhancing access to childcare services through alternative, affordable, accessible,...
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New childcare facility empowers working women in Ukraine
Veronika Boloban, founder of the Kids Hub children’s centre and ILO grantee from Bila Tserkva, Ukraine has created a space where children feel comfortable, cosy and safe while their mothers can pursue their careers.
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Empowering women's employment: ILO's childcare initiative in Ukraine
In Ukraine, the ILO has been working on creating an enabling environment for women's employment and entrepreneurship by removing barriers, one of them being the lack of childcare solutions. The ILO project "Enabling participation of women in the...
Innovative childcare at the workplace enables women to participate in the labour market in Moldova and Ukraine
Mothers often stay out of the labour market for lack of available, reliable and/or affordable childcare services. The ILO has been testing new models of childcare that can help them re-join the labour force.
Analysis of care system expansion in post-Socialist EU Member States: lessons learned and good practices for Ukraine
The study presents an overview of alternative early childhood education and care (ECEC) models that have proven successful in the post-Socialist EU Member States and an analysis of which models could fit in the Ukrainian policy and societal...
Enabling the participation of women in the labour market by expanding childcare services
The ILO provides support to the development and pilot-testing of affordable childcare service models, the adoption of care legislation and policies, and the formalisation of the care sector.