Essays about: "Institutional childcare"

Found 5 essays containing the words Institutional childcare.

1. 1. Encouraging Mothers : The effect of German regional childcare policies on maternal employment between 2006 and 2018

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Henrik-Alexander Schubert; [2020]
   Keywords : Family policies; maternal employment; German childcare reform; piecewise-constant exponential model; life-course studies;

   Abstract : Childbearing is often associated with employment interruptions in women’s careers. Since 2005, the German federal government has implemented childcare reforms aiming at expanding the suitable infrastructure for children under the age of three, which should facilitate and accelerate the return to employment. READ MORE

3. 2. Social Sustainability Assessment of Alternative Care Policies for Children in Kenya

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Susan Otuoma; Julia Martinez Barbero; Omer Mohammed; [2020]
   Keywords : Alternative Childcare; Alternative Care; Social Sustainability; Social Sustainability Principles; Policies; Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development FSSD ;

   Abstract : The social phenomenon of children without parental care and those at risk of separation from their parents has gained considerable global attention in recent years. A key concern is the over-reliance on institutional care mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America as the default form of alternative care for such children. READ MORE

4. 3. Towards a brighter future for institutionalised children? A case study of de-institutionalisation of childcare in Kyrgyzstan.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Anna-Lena Nordin; [2015]
   Keywords : child protection.; childcare system reform; alternative care; residential childcare; Institutional childcare; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Institutional care for children, so called orphanages, are still the most common type of alternative care for children deprived of parental care in Kyrgyzstan. The number of children who enter residential care in Kyrgyzstan has increased in recent years – this despite international attention of the need to move away from institutional childcare towards a range of family-based services. READ MORE

5. 4. The interplay between institutions : A feminist institutional perspective on the parental leave policy in Chile

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Marcia Munoz; [2015]
   Keywords : historical institutionalism; parental leave; Chile; gender; work-family balance;

   Abstract : This paper aims to explain how the interplay between formal and informal institutions affects the potentially gendered outcomes of political reforms. The case of the Chilean parental leave reform of 2011 is used as an example of a political reform addressing gender equality. READ MORE

6. 5. Convergence, continuity and contradictions: a cross-national comparative study of family policy in Sweden and the United Kingdom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Elin Ennerberg; [2010]
   Keywords : family policy; female employment; welfare regimes; globalisation; convergence; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Family policy and its role in increasing female employment is a concern for national governments as well as supranational organisations such as the EU. The purpose of this thesis is to examine recent developments in family policy in Sweden and the UK, such as the introduction of a home care allowance in Sweden and proposals for flexible parental leave in the UK, to see whether there is policy convergence in the area of family policy between these two countries. READ MORE