Child Care Coalition of Manitoba

The Annual General Meeting of the Child Care Coalition of Manitoba will be held on Tuesday, January 31st, at the Union Centre, 275 Broadway in Winnipeg, beginning at 6:30. A light dinner will be served, and the Guest Speaker will be Sarah Stevenson, "Moving Forward in Northwest Ontario: Insights for Manitoba." Please RSVP your attendance, to Thelma Randall This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The CCCM's most recent Status of Women Canada-funded project, "Promoting Economic Security and Work-Family Balance for Rural and Northern Women in Manitoba" has just been awarded a "Best Practice" by SWC, and will be showcased at the upcoming women's meetings of the United Nations in Geneva. While we are honoured by the award, the irony is sharp: the Harper government has eroded progress on childcare in Canada and erased the equality and advocacy mandate that made our project possible

The CCCM is joining with Canadian partners in the "Childcare is a Right" campaign. The childcare movement began as a central issue of the women’s rights movement so it’s natural  to return to our roots and explore child care from a women’s, children and family rights position.

The core of this work is Canada's international treaty obligations to women, children and families as they pertain to child care. We are focusing on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and related General Comment #7, the Convention to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Click more information about the campaign.

The Child Care Coalition of Manitoba is a community partner in a 5 year research project on women's experiences of economic restructuring (2010-2015). The research project is led by CRIAW, the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. Thompson Manitoba is one of the three national research sites (the others are La Loche SK and Happy Valley-Goose Bay LB). We will be building on our prior research on the economic impacts of childcare in  Thompson during this project. For more information please see the CRIAW website.