Need assessment report: Creche (day care centers) for children of working women

Unfolds the concept and need of crèche (child day care center) in a country like Pakistan. It highlights the role crèche are playing in other countries, their impacts on the society with special reference to the children of the working women.

The provisions of the constitution of Pakistan, granting equality to women in various spheres create the legal framework which warrants affirmative action for economic and social advancement of women. Women as mother of the nation should be strong, aware and alert. At the same time, the paradigms for social development have been swiftly changing with greater attention to gender issues at the global and national levels.

One of the best and proven ways out for facilitating working mothers to balance work and family lives is the establishment of day care centers at their work places. The crèche would facilitate working women particularly those in the informal sector to better concentrate on their jobs and have relief from their reproductive responsibilities at their working time.