Covid childcare crisis reversing decades of women's economic progress – report

Calls for recovery plans to address unequal burden of looking after children to advance equality and because it makes fiscal sense'

The childcare crisis is at a tipping point", threatening to reverse decades of women's economic progress, according to a new report published on Monday.

The report warned that the female-dominated childcare sector risked collapse, as coronavirus lockdowns and rising poverty levels had led to a steep drop" in demand for formal and informal services.