Strengthening Organization Agency & Rights of Women ECD Workers

This project aims to increase the realization of social and labour rights of women paid care workers specifically women early childhood development workers in Ecuador and Paraguay. Project activities include: (1) training women care workers on professional early childhood development skills and knowledge gender equality life skills and labour and protection rights; (2) providing training and sensitization to communities and families especially men about gender equality women’s labour rights and equal distribution of unpaid care; (3) training and supporting women’s rights organizations on leadership care economy and evidenced-based advocacy; and (4) training government officials on culturally sensitive and gender-responsive policy implementation and service delivery for women paid care workers. The project implementation is a collaboration between Plan International Canada Plan International Ecuador and Plan International Paraguay who will co-implement this project with Asociación de Trabajadoras Remuneradas del Hogar del Ecuador and Asociación Solidaridad y Acción in Ecuador and Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones de Mujeres Trabajadoras Rurales e Indígenas and Asociación Mil Solidarios in Paraguay. The project aims to reach 5 430 women early childhood development workers with 2 780 in Ecuador and 2 650 in Paraguay. It also seeks to indirectly impact 13 570 individuals with 4 470 in Ecuador (2 272 women) and 9 100 in Paraguay (4 770 women).

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased agency of women care workers in the paid early childhood development sector to demand their rights; and (2) enhanced protection and promotion of women’s rights and needs related to paid care work in early childhood development.