Doctoral Research, University of Delhi
Abstract
The emergence of Information Technology as a field of work has empowered women to participate in the workforce. The purpose of the study was to identify the dynamics of child care arrangements used by parents in the I.T. Sector. To map the experiences of children in diverse child care arrangements was also one of the objectives.*
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Book -Learning: Issues and Aspects, 2016
By Dr. Ridhi Sethi, Dr. Asha Singh, Dr. Bhanumathi Sharma
New Delhi, India
Abstract
There is growing consensus on the merits of early childhood care and education across the world. The current issues in early childhood care and education are varied and diverse. It may be of access and reach for one segment of population and of quality and commercialization to another. The changing social scenario and economic forces have propelled large scale changes in the need for preschools and extra familial care centres for young children. The authors aim to outline the various stakeholders involved in providing early childhood care and education to children in India. In this paper the policy and programmes provided by the nation/state will be discussed in detail. The authors will also present the initiatives provided by the private sector in the area of early childhood care and education. Through this paper the authors will also discuss a model of Public Private Partnerships via the route of corporate social responsibility.
Family and Community Participation in Early Childhood Development. (2015)
By Ridhi Sethi, Dr. Asha Singh, Dr. Bhanumathi Sharma
New Delhi, India
What is it to be a working mother with a young child in today’s world? The juggling act of balancing work and family has led to an interest in studying the stressors and support services that a woman has access to. What are the different arrangements available to the private sector? Are these same or different for different social groups? Whose responsibility is it to care for the young child? Is the role of the government limited to legislate and provide basic survival services for the children of the country? What is the role of the corporate sector in caring for the young? Is it philanthropic or strategic? This paper attempts to review the services available and its impact in caring for the young child. This paper also aims to highlight the relationship between provision of good child care services and women’s participation in the workforce. Women have always been working at home and outside but today they are burdened with more obstacles because of long hours, travelling, competitive nature of work, financial needs and perceived job insecurity. This perceived job insecurity is spilling into the lives of both men and women and have thus led to an increase in research on work and family.
Child care for all is a movement which aims to provide child care to all children who need it. This is an attempt to bring all the stakeholders together such as professionals, parents, vendors NGO and government bodies to discuss and intervene to create safe spaces of care for children. An innovative component is also to involve the most important piece of this work which are children themselves using creative methods. One aim of this movement is to create online resource centre which can be accessed by employers, vendors, early childhood professionals, diversity experts, parents and early childhood practitioners. The birth of this movement has stemmed from the doctoral research in child care and the salient experiences the founder was part of. A strategy to intervene and provide solutions to every day care situations and propagate research in it is one of the goals of this movement
(ARNEC Connections , 2013)
By Ridhi Sethi, Dr. Asha Singh, Dr. Bhanumathi Sharma
New Delhi, India
“Care and development of young children has been the primary responsibility of the family, supplemented by society through strong community bonds, and cultural mores and values” (Konantambigi, 2007, p. 31). The different systems of care are working in tandem to secure the goals of child development. A focus on the ‘Child Rights Approach’ has led to significant changes in policy and practice in the functioning of the Indian State. It is this development of efforts that has today brought us to a place where we are rethinking our strategy – the strategy of ‘shared responsibility’, finding resonance in the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR) approach.
(Integrated Journal of Social Sciences, 2017)
Dr. Ridhi Sethi, Asha Singh, Bhanumathi Sharma
Abstract
The role that investments in young children play in social and economic development is being recognized globally. In the advent of strong economic and social forces that influence children and their families, childhood has become even more vulnerable today. These strains may be both macro and micro in nature. These include work pressures on parents, economic hardship among families, lack of good non familial support systems and inadequate support from the nation/state. As the world awaits the implementation of the sustainable development goals it becomes imperative to look at the issues of both parental and non parental care. In this paper the authors explore the whole phenomena of investing in child care and its effect on children’s development and empowerment of women. The authors will also outline the trajectory of investments in the form of support from both the private and public sector and the possibility of partnerships in the form of corporate social responsibility.