A new study by researchers at the Department of Economics of the University of Ghana has called for the establishment of child daycare centers at both formal and informal work places to provide childcare needs of working mothers so as to reduce the constraint of the responsibility of childcare on women.
The study, titled: “The Penalty of Unequal Distribution of Housework in the Ghanaian Labour Market,” notes that “Women are forced to exit the labour market for extended periods after childbirth due to the challenges of combining childcare responsibilities with paid work.”
The study, which was funded jointly by the Institute of Labour Economics (IZA) and the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID), and conducted by a team of economists at the university, explained that women are compelled to change their jobs to enable them combine paid work with domestic responsibilities more effectively.
New research calls for child daycare centres at work places
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