Mogelijke drempels voor betrokkenheid van vaders

1. Mogelijke drempels voor betrokkenheid van vaders Men in Childcare Is it getting better all the time?

2. 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

3. 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%

4. 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.

5. 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?

6. 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

7. Care in the family is gendered • 18 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 children • La mythe de l’ amour maternelle • Badinter ’84 ‘Canella 97

8. From mothering to low paid work • Hevey 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 access • to more education and qualification

9. ECEC: reserved employment for women • Gendersegregation in professions • is nearly universal but there are 5 times less female • professions: 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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 jobrotation • Better pay

13. Is it getting better all the time? • 3. How can we bring more men in ? • Make ECEC more attractive for men • Create 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

14. Is it getting better all the time? • 3. How can we bring more men in ? • Recrutement: • gender screening of procedures and materials • Focus on men that were active in child or youth work • Employment and training programs for adult men • :

15. Is it getting better all the time? • 3. How can we bring more men in ? • Coherent long term policy on local and national level • Gender 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

16. 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: Treasurer with down-to-earth attitude

17. Wanted: Foremen. Hut building skills an asset -Create an image that is different from typically feminine image

18. German Campaign in 2 0 0 4 Posters used in Germany Wanted: manager for the division ‘redskin tales’

19. Flemish Community of Belgium Results of Campaign: 2002-2004 Under threes: nurseries: 2002: 12 men / 3417/0.35% Until now no effect Family 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%

20. German Campaign in 2004- 2005 Posters used in Germany Wanted: accountant Knowledge of figures not required