Access to Early Childhood Education and Care and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ukraine

Highlights 

The purpose of the study is to identify effective ways to expand opportunities for women with children under of their children.  By investigating the connections between childcare, social norms, family economics, social protection and employment, the study aims to inform advocacy, reform dialogue and decision-making on how to build a more family-friendly and gender-equal Ukraine. In the context of wartime recovery and EU accession, investing in care systems emerges as both an urgent necessity and a strategic economic investment.

This report was commissioned and published by UNICEF Ukraine, in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Ukraine, with financial support from the Government of Germany through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and KfW Development Bank.

The research was conducted by the Ukrainian Centre for Social Reforms. The content of this report is the sole responsibility of the Ukrainian Centre for Social Reforms and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of Germany, UNICEF, or the ILO.