Mogelijke drempels voor betrokkenheid van vaders

Men in

Childcare

Is it getting better all the time?

Is it getting better?

•Research: profile male worker•Campaign

•Exchange with European •Colleagues

•Work around fathers•My own personal history

-since 26 years as man in childcare-as father

Gender segregation in Child care 2002

Under threes: nurseries: 12 men / 3417

0.35%Family day carers: 44 men / 7.409

0.07%

School children (2.5-12 years)After-school clubs : 35men / 907

3.87%

•To change gendersegregation in ECEC we need coherent policy on all levels:

•change social contstruction on care and young children•make training and recrutement and services gender neutral•long time policy on local and national and European level.

Is it getting better all the time?

• Why so many women go into childcare?

• Why men stay out?

• How can we bring more men in?

Why so many women go into childcare?

• Care in Family is gendered• Jobs in Child care as extensions of mother role

• Reserved employment for women• Employment programs• Girls have role model

• Possibilities combination work-family

Iit gettng better

Care in the family is gendered18 the century:

•Division of work between men and women•Raison and feelings become strongly gendered

•Women as protectors against corrupting market and vanity of public (men’s) world

•Mother care is seen as natural care for young childrenLa mythe de l’ amour maternelle

Badinter ’84 ‘Canella 97

From mothering to low paid workHevey and Curtis ’96 and Moss and Brannen ‘93:

• Care of young children as extension of mothering role:

women need no training. This reinforce the low status

of early years work helping to keep pay low and turover low …and men out.

•Competences of care job are not clairly defined •Employment programs for low skilled women

•Initial qualification low and offers no or few accessto more education and qualification

ECEC: reserved employment for womenGendersegregation in professions

is nearly universal but there are 5 times less femaleprofessions: secretary work , teacher and care.

OECD 1998

•‘femine jobs allow combination work-family life. Esping –Andersen:

birth rate dropped from 2.1 to 1.6 in Sweden due to elinimination of 100.000 welfare jobs.

•Masculinization of female biographies hides persistent female choices •Safe place for women

Why men stay out?

• Female world• Badly paid

• Association with abuse• Conflict with male identity

• No role models in own childhood• Negative reaction of friends, family and school

Is it getting better all the time?

3. How can we bring more men in ?• Professionalisation of ECEC

• Make ECEC mor attractive for men• Gender neutral recrutement procedures

• Coherent long time policy on local and national level

Is it getting better all the time?

3. How can we bring more men in ?• Professionalisation of ECEC

Oppportunities for adult education Change image of training

Link with training for other jobs Pre training course for men (Scotland)

Possibilities for jobrotationBetter pay

Is it getting better all the time?

3. How can we bring more men in ?

• Make ECEC more attractive for menCreate experimental centres with as many men as women

Father involvement¨Images of men and children in centres for young children Networks for men working in centres (Norway)

Gender neutral climat

Is it getting better all the time?

3. How can we bring more men in ?Recrutement:

gender screening of procedures and materialsFocus on men that were active in child or youth work

Employment and training programs for adult men :

Is it getting better all the time?

3. How can we bring more men in ?

• Coherent long term policy on local and national levelGender balans as a quality criteria for ECEC

Certain percentage of men required Gender diversity must stay on political agenda

Increase of the salaries Gender neutral name

for the profession

Is it getting better all the time?

3. How can we bring more men in ?

Media campaigns around genderdiversity:•Use male images of working with children•Positive message: men have an important role in the lives of young children

Wanted: Treasurerwith down-to-earthattitude

Wanted: Foremen. Hut building skills an asset

-Create an image that is different from typically feminineimage

Posters used in Germany

German Campaign in 2 0 0 4

Wanted: manager for the division ‘redskin tales’

Flemish Community of BelgiumResults of Campaign: 2002-2004

Under threes: nurseries: 2002: 12 men / 3417/0.35%

Until now no effectFamily day carers:2002: 5 men / 7.409/0.07%

2004: 44 men/ 0.59%

School children (2.5-12 years)After-school clubs : 2002:35men / 907 /3.87%

2004: 51/ 5.62%Number of men in training from 6.5% to 20%dropped back after campaaign stopped to 10%

Posters used in Germany

German Campaign in 2004- 2005

Wanted: accountant Knowledge of figures not required