보육 서비스 지원을 위한 기업과 지역사회의 역할

Roles of Employers and Communities to Support Child Care Services

Demands for child care in Korea has been strong due to the predominant social phenomena such as growing female workforce, more intensified female education, and the low birth rates. Accordingly, supports for child care services at societal level have been emphasized. Among various elements of society, employers and local community were focused as sources to support public child care. As for the role of employers, employer-supported child care programs has been developed as a unique type of child care services. On the other hand, the role of communities was mainly regarded as providing an adequate level of supports for child care programs such as field visits, guest speakers, etc. In particular, local community networks have been emphasized as an effective way to support child care programs in systemic ways. The author criticizes the roles that employers and local community networks play still insufficient.