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    The EU childcare strategy in times of austerity (2015)

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    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/101611
    
    Publisher's DOI/URI
    http://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2015.1081227
    
    Publisher
    Informa UK Limited
    ISSN
    0964-9069
    1469-9621
    Language
    en
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    Masselot Ashow all
    Abstract

    © 2015 Taylor & Francis. The importance of accessible, affordable, flexible and high-quality childcare facilities is acknowledged by the European Union (EU) as an essential element to achieving gender equality and full employment for parents. However, legal and policy development in this area has been slow and lacking cohesion. Following the 2008 financial crisis, EU intervention on childcare issues appears to have been dictated by economic priorities and by the rights of the child. The early underpinning of childcare policy with the principle of gender equality is fading fast. This article argues that to date childcare remains dominated by rhetoric: the targets set are far from being achieved, disparities between Member States continue to occur, and women in Europe continue to bear the cost of reproduction disproportionately. In this context, childcare remains gendered, unvalued, unaccounted for and often unpaid.

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    Masselot A (2015). The EU childcare strategy in times of austerity. Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law. 37(3). 345-355.
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    Keywords
    austerity; childcare; EU; gender equality; reconciliation; work-family
    ANZSRC Fields of Research
    48 - Law and legal studies::4803 - International and comparative law::480304 - European Union law
    48 - Law and legal studies::4804 - Law in context::480407 - Law, gender and sexuality (incl. feminist legal scholarship)
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
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