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GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN 2008 WINNING BEST PRACTICES: PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS ADVANCING WOMEN AND GIRLS’ ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES (In recognition of this exemplary project, the Global Summit of Women awarded $5,000 towards the project in 2008.) Project 3: Country: Mexico Presented by: Hon. Patricia Espinosa Torres, Undersecretary of Labor, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare Title of Program: Child-Care Program The Child-Care Center Program began in January 2007 throughout Mexico to help unemployed women find jobs and to improve women’s work opportunities by increasing the supply of child-care services by creating a Child-Care Center Network. To date, the Mexican government has established 6,874 day-care centers that benefit 154,814 working mothers of 168,770 children. As part of the program, the Mexican government provides up to US$70 per month per child enrolled in the Child-Care Center Program to support each working mother. The program also helps unemployed women open Child-Care centers to earn an income and provides the necessary training to each women opening a center. The private sector has been involved in promoting the creation of child-care centers placed at their businesses. The program has been successful in generating access opportunities for working mothers with low income wages in the private sector. International organizations such as the Mexican Chapter of Save the Children and Christian Children’s Fund, among others, have partnered in implementing training workshops for the women responsible for the care centers in subjects related to child care and development activities. Hear more from the Ministerial Roundtable
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