Access to quality childcare has the potential to unlock pathways out of poverty, build human capital, promote early childhood development, and increase equity. The narrative on the importance and relevance of access to childcare and its link to female labor force participation is gaining momentum, even more so after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 Women, Business and the Law Report which covers 190 economies shows how the enactment of laws and policies to make childcare available, affordable, and of decent quality can achieve better labor market outcomes for women, improve development outcomes for children, and increase economic growth. The report finds that the availability and regulation of childcare services vary widely across regions, and not always in clearly discernable patterns. Moreover, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, women around the world have been driven out of the labor force, and this crisis exposed the huge, unmet need for affordable and quality childcare.
It is no different for Egypt; the lack of affordable childcare is one of the main obstacles preventing women from entering the labor market. Women in Egypt have experienced declining labor force participation rates over time. While women’s labor force participation rate was 27% in 2006, it fell to 21% by 2018 and to 14.3% in 2020.
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