"It is a site that we're building for the few New Yorkers who can be louder than an active site, which is New York's cutest" - Zohran Mamdani about the construction of NYC's first onsite childcare program for municipal employees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJwARQpKgjM

#NYC #Childcare #MayorMamdani

Mayor Zohran Mamdani Holds Press Conference to Make a Child Care Announcement

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Motherhood derails women’s academic careers more than men’s

“Becoming a parent lowers their chances of getting jobs and tenure, and reduces their publication output.

The reason, acc to a large analysis of academics in #Denmark, is that women have almost 5 times the amount of #childcare responsibilities that men have.

This is despite Denmark having paid parental leave, subsidized childcare and a belief in equally shared household work.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00981-3

Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why

Mothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.

NYC Mayor Mamdani⚡is opening an on-site child care facility inside the Dinkins Municipal Building that'll be free to city workers. It's a model for a universal child care program that's on track to hit full capacity by the end of his first term.

#Childcare #NYC #Mamdani #Democrats #USPol
https://prospect.org/2026/03/30/mamdani-announces-free-child-care-program-for-city-workers/

Mamdani Announces Free Child Care Program for City Workers

The provider will be on the ground floor of the Dinkins Municipal Building, and is another step on the road to a free, universal program citywide.

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Less than 10% of N.L. children have adequate access to child care spaces, report finds
Just eight per cent of Newfoundland and Labrador children have adequate access to child care spaces, according to the findings of a recent report.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ywca-childcare-report-9.7143844?cmp=rss
Manitoba ‘unlikely to meet’ child-care needs: auditor general
A report from Manitoba’s auditor general found the province is unlikely to meet its child-care targets, including those on inclusivity, by the initial March 31 deadline.
#Education #Politics #10adaychildcare #auditorgeneral
https://globalnews.ca/news/11748945/manitoba-unlikely-meet-child-care-needs-auditor-general/

Some States Are Boosting Reproductive Health Access, Maternal Health, Child Care

Meanwhile, other states with already strict abortion bans continue to pass and advance new restrictions.

https://murica.website/2026/03/some-states-are-boosting-reproductive-health-access-maternal-health-child-care/

Some States Are Boosting Reproductive Health Access, Maternal Health, Child Care – The USA Potato

Manitoba ‘unlikely to meet’ child-care needs: auditor general
A report from Manitoba’s auditor general found the province is unlikely to meet its child-care targets, including those on inclusivity, by the initial March 31 deadline.
#Education #Politics #10adaychildcare #auditorgeneral
https://globalnews.ca/news/11748945/manitoba-unlikely-meet-child-care-needs-auditor-general/
Limited infant spaces leave N.S. families facing daycare crunch
Some Nova Scotia families are scrambling to find child care for their infants, despite being on multiple waitlists. That's because the province has a limited number of daycare spots dedicated to babies under 18 months old.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/limited-infant-spaces-n-s-families-daycare-crunch-9.7143224?cmp=rss

“It must be pointed out that our society, so concerned to defend the rights of the embryo, shows no interest in the children once they are born; it prosecutes the abortionists instead of undertaking to reform that scandalous institution known as 'public assistance;…”
- Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

#abortionishealthcare #womenshealth #childcare #pregnancy

The #Trump administration is sending #pregnant migrant girls to a #Texas shelter lacking proper care

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5712323/pregnant-migrant-girls-texas-shelter