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HELP WITH CRISIS PREGNANCY & BEYOND: EMPLOYMENT & CAREER

Child Care (Day Care, Childminding, Child Creches)
Other Work, Pregnancy, & Parenting Resources
Deciding on a Career & Job Search
Microcredit, Small Business, & Working at Home
More on Human Rights in the Workplace
Alternatives to the Military (on our Education page, but it still applies)

Child Care (Day Care, Childminding, Child Creches)

[International] [Aotearoa/New Zealand] [Australia] [Bangladesh] [Barbados] [Belize] [Canada] [Finland] [France] [Great Britain (Wales, Scotland, England)] [India] [Ireland] [Korea (South)] [Malta] {Northern Ireland] [Poland] [South Africa] [United States]

International:

Arab Resource Collective. (English, Arabic.) Based in Nicosia, Cyprus. Works with community-based groups in several Arab countries. Has initiative on Early Childhood Care and Development.

Early Childhood Development Virtual University. "An innovative and multi-faceted approach to addressing Early Childhood Development (ECD) leadership needs in the Majority World." Currently focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East Northern Africa.

International Child and Youth Care Network. Oriented to workers in the field.

Strong Foundations: Early Childhood Care and Education. (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bangla, Chinese, German, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese.) 2007 report from UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Social, and Cultural Organizations.

UNESCO's Early Childhood Education and Care Portal. (English, French.)

Providing Child Care for the Teen Parent: A Care Giver's Guide. (English, Spanish.) From the University of Illinois Extension.

Aotearoa/New Zealand:

Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association.

Australia:

Family Payments & Services: Child Care. From australia.gov.au.

Bangladesh:

Bangladesh Early Childhood Development Network.

Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. Responsible for government day care centers and preschools.

Barbados:

Ministry of Social Transformation: Child Care Board.

Belize:

Early Childhood Education and Development (Preschool) Unit, Ministry of Education.

Canada:

Canadian Child Care Federation. (English, French.)

Childcare Resource and Research Unit, University of Toronto: Links.

Finland:

Child Daycare and Early Childhood Education. (English, Finnish, Swedish.) From the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

France:

France A to Z: Childcare. (English, French, Spanish.) Overview from the Embassy of France to the US.

Great Britain (Wales, England, Scotland):

4Children.

Day Care Trust: the National Child Care Campaign.

National Childminding Association of England and Wales.

National Day Nurseries Association.

Scottish Childcare.

Scottish Childminding Association.

SureStart Childcare Link.

India:

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme. Overview of the vast Government of India program that has existed since the 1970s.

Ireland:

Childminding Ireland.

Korea (South):

Korean Women Workers Associations United. (Korean, English.) Advises on day care, pregnancy, and other matters of concern to mothers in the paid workforce.

Malta:

Child Care: I Play, I Learn, I'm Safe.

Northern Ireland:

Early Years. "A non-profit making organisation...working since 1965 to promote high quality childcare for children aged 0-14 and their families."

Employers for Childcare: Breaking the Childcare Barrier.

Northern Ireland Childminding Association.

Poland:

Day Care Centres. (English, Polish.) Polska Akcja Humanitarna, the Polish Humanitarian Organization, operates these in the cities of Lodz, Torun, and Warsaw.

South Africa:

National Association of Child Care Workers.

United States:

Afterschool.gov

Child Care Aware--Find Quality Day Care in Your Area (US). (English, Spanish.) Many areas of the US now have organizations called child care resource and referral centers. This site lists the one nearest you, as well as giving other practical & valuable information, such as child care budgeting tips. From the Child Care Bureau, US Department of Health and Human Services.

Day Care--Choosing A Good Center. (English, Spanish). A list of important questions to ask. From the American Academy of Family Physicians.

National Center for Children in Poverty.

National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers. Represents the interests of the 2100+ campus child care centers in the US. Believes that high-quality, standard-setting "campus child care should be provided as an integral part of higher education systems." Publishes a free fact sheet on how to start a center.

Zero to Three. Advocacy group for the care of infants and toddlers.

Other Work, Pregnancy, & Parenting Resources

Breastfeeding Women & Work. Advocacy campaign from the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action.

Crisis Pregnancy Support. These resources, particularly the Nurturing Network, may be able to help you with work issues.

Family & Medical Leave Act. Posters in English and Spanish.. The US Department of Labor requires every workplace covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act to show these posters in a place where employees can see and read them. Your basic rights to time off under the current national law.

National Partnership for Women and Families (US) Library. (English, some Spanish.) In-depth materials on your workplace rights.

NATLEX. (English, French, Spanish.) This database allows you to look up the workplace-related laws of most nations on Earth. You can search by country or by subject. Subjects include "Maternity Protection" and "Equality of Opportunity and Treatment." From the United Nations Interntional Labor Organization (ILO).

Pregnancy & the Workplace, Pregnancy and Work Safety and Work & Pregnancy.

Working Mother Magazine. (US-oriented.) Never mind that the title is a misnomer, because, as the old bumpersticker said, Every Mother is a Working Mother. But if you're a mother in the paid workforce, this magazine offers a lot of practical, voice-of-experience tips on taking care of yourself, your family, and your career. Publishes the annual Best Companies for Multicultural Women and the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers.

Women at Work. (English, Hebrew.) Information and advocacy for and by Israeli women on single motherhood, paid-workforce mothers in general, sexual harassment, and pregnancy discrimination. From the Israel Women's Network.

Work/Life: US Office of Personnel Management. The US federal government's iniative to make its civilian workplaces friendlier for parents and other human beings. Materials on existing worker benefits; guidance for managers on improving work conditions.

Deciding on a Career & Job Search

Alternatives to the Military. Right here in the Nonviolent Choice Directory.

Career OneStop. "Job Seekers/Workers: Access over 1 million jobs, get labor market trends and tips, post your resume for thousands of employers...Search for education and training programs." From the US Department of Labor.

Craigslist. Over 450 cities in 50 countries now have their own edition of Craigslist, the online bulletin board for free classified ads, including ads for job openings.

Deciding on a Career Path. From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Idealist.org: Action Without Borders. (English, French, Spanish; expanding into additional languages.) A great global resource for learning about and finding socially conscious, socially beneficial jobs.

The ARTpreneur. Financial and career planning resource for people interested in or already in creative/artistic careers.

Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow (TNT). US nonprofit that helps interested women to choose and enjoy good working conditions in the blue-collar trades like construction, which are considered "nontraditional" for women. Contrary to the stereotypes about blue-collar workers, these are careers that take skill and pride, and they tend to pay well.

Microcredit, Small Business, & Working at Home

The Abilities Fund. Nationwide (US) resource for disabled people, including disabled women, in or interested in self-employment. You may also wish to check out this list of Vocational Rehabilitation State Offices and Directory of Independent Living Centers and Statewide Independent Living Councils to see what employment/self-employment aid is available to you at the state or local level.

ACCION International. (English, Spanish, French.) A nonprofit started in 1961 by student volunteers in the favelas (slums) of Caracas, Venezuela, ACCION has offered small but critical loans (microcredit) and other vital services to millions of supposedly "unbankable" low-income small business owners throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, the United States, Africa, and India.

FTC (Federal Trade Commission [US]) Consumer Alert: Work-At-Home Schemes. (English, Spanish.) It's possible to create and run your own business from your home. Sometimes it's even possible to do good, legitimate work for another employer in your home. But it's important to learn how to recognize and avoid the scams.

Grameen Bank. Bangladesh-based winner of the Nobel Peace Prize with its founder Muhammed Yunus. Most famed for its microloan/microfinance programs, especially for women who want to start small businesses.

US Small Business Administration. (English, Spanish.) Has tools for planning the start and operation of a small business; offers grant, loans, and other help.

Microfinance Gateway. (English, French.) Among many other uses for this website, you can use it to identify providers of microloans in your own country. Just click on "Organizations" to search by country.

More on Human Rights in the Workplace

Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies at Columbia University. Lucidly presents credible data to compare "industrialized" nations in these areas. Very interesting to check this information against The Incidence of Abortion Worldwide (has chart of abortion rates by country) and Abortion Policies: A Global Review (has country-by-country profiles). Herein may be, for example, some clues why the US has four times the abortion rate of the Netherlands!

International Labor Organization. (English, Spanish, French.) United Nations agency "devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues."

International Trade Union Confederation. (English, Spanish, French, German.) Trade unions have a long history as frontline fighters for the rights of workers. In the rapidly globalizing world economy, the fight continues, and intensifies.

Living Wage Resource Center [US]. From ACORN, the national nonprofit campaign for the rights of low-income and poor people. See also Economic Policy Institute [US] Issue Guide: Living Wage and Center for Popular Economics.

MomsRising. Grassroots coalition calling for the USA to really value motherhood and family, through public commitment to maternity/paternity leave, open/flexible work arrangements, afterschool care, children's health care, child care, & gender-equal, living wages.

Take Back Your Time. "Major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment." Individuals and organizations are invited to publicly endorse its public policy agenda for humanizing the workplace.

Women Workers. International human rights issues, including pregnancy discrimination. From Human Rights Watch.

Women Working Worldwide. "A UK based organisation which works with an international network of women workers. We focus on supporting the rights of women working in international production chains which supply the UK and other European countries with consumer goods such as food and clothing."