Empowering Women Through Child Care

Empowering Women Through Child Care: A Call To Action During Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month is a time of recognition and celebration of the accomplishments of women throughout history, but it is also a great opportunity for us to reflect on how we can contribute to the ongoing success of women in today’s world. A crucial aspect of supporting modern women is access to affordable child care. There is a direct link between supporting women and also supporting child care. When we provide children with high-quality child care, we are also providing women with the opportunity to advance every aspect of their lives.

The Current Reality: Access to Child Care

For many women, child care is often one of the biggest challenges that they face. This frequently makes it difficult for women to balance their work and family life. The cost of child care can consume a significant portion of the household income. This causes a financial strain, forcing many women to make strenuous decisions.

This challenge is especially prevalent for women of color and low income families, who face these challenges at a disproportionate rate. These barriers make the choices about child care even more difficult.

Supporting Child Care is Supporting the Economy

By supporting child care businesses, we are also supporting women. When mothers have access to affordable, high-quality child care, they are able to stay in the workforce. This gives women the opportunity for career advancement and financial stability. By offering mothers the chance to continue their careers, our economy grows. Child care is really a nationwide and societal issue rather than the issue of a specific individual’s family.

How We Can Support Women and Child Care

During Women’s History Month we can show our support for women by recognizing the difficult decisions they have to often make while also providing them with the resources they need to be successful in life. Some ways that we can make an impact are advocating for policy changes to make child care more accessible, supporting local child care businesses that are predominantly owned by women, and teaching others about the importance of the correlation between supporting women and child care.

Celebrating Women’s History Month isn’t just about the struggles women face, it is also about creating positive change to contribute to the ongoing success of women. Child care is the ultimate investment–supporting women, children, families, our economy, and our community.

Let’s continue to fight for accessible child care for all, ensuring that all women have the resources and opportunities needed for success. Join the fight by signing up for our advocacy alerts today.