International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. )

Conflict of G7 Gender Equity Interest? (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 5, 2018May 22, 2020in International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

June 2018: Conflict of G7 Gender Equity Interest? Why is motherhood unmentionable? Canada's G7 Gender Equity Council wants more money for daycare. Maya Roy, CEO of Canada's YWCA is on the Council. The Y is the biggest provider of daycare…

Defamililialization: Essay by Helen Ward

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 1, 2015May 18, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Nov 2015: "Ever Heard of Defamilialization? What it is, Who Created it, How It Affects Our lives". This research essay by Kids First President, Helen Ward, exposes defamilialism, the ideology that has led to a massive global policy shift, driven…

Daycare Promoted by Elite Feminists in Bed with Neo-Liberals and Neo-Conservatives (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 10, 2013May 15, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Daycare Promoted by Elite Feminists in Bed with Neo-Liberals and Neo-Conservatives. Articles by Rianne Mahon, leading daycare theorist, from Carleton University in Ottawa: The OECD and the Reconciliation Agenda: Competing Blueprints. Published by Martha Friendly's Childcare Resource & Research Unit,…

Mar 2013: Roadkill Radio interviews Kids First President, Helen Ward

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 1, 2013May 13, 2020in International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

Mar 2013: Roadkill Radio interviews Kids First President, Helen Ward, on the "Gender Equity Rankings" report by the World Economic Forum (gender equity is not about women's empowerment), HELP's Dr Paul Kershaw, and BC's $10/day daycare push

2012: World Economic Forum “The Gender Gap Report”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 1, 2012May 13, 2020in International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Find below the "Gender Gap Report" Presented at the 2012 World Economic Forum WEF_GenderGap_Report_2012Download

World Bank’s Handy Dandy Early Child Development Cost-Benefit Calculator

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 25, 2011June 1, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. )

World Bank’s Handy Dandy Early Child Development Cost-Benefit Calculator (broken link). Use it to “prove” the more you spend, the more you save: $1 produces $2-$17 in savings.

Sept 14 2011: Cycle of ‘compulsive consumerism’ leaves British family life in crisis, Unicef study finds

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 15, 2011May 30, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

September, 14 2011. The Telegraph - article (web): Cycle of ‘compulsive consumerism’ leaves British family life in crisis, Unicef study finds

Swedish intolerance in child care

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 26, 2011June 29, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Policy with promise, Power imbalance between parents & state, Sweden

May 15, 2011. The Family Campaign Foundation of Sweden - media release (PDF): "Swedish intolerance in child care"

Dr. Strangelove and Daycare: The RAND Corporation, the biggest “think tank” in the world, is funded by the US military and large corporations

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 20, 2010June 1, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. )

Dr. Strangelove and Daycare: The RAND Corporation, the biggest “think tank” in the world, is funded by the US military and large corporations (broken link). It pushed “universal preschool” (broken link) in California. A new book, Soldiers of Reason: the…

More organizations & academics misrepresenting Dr Heckman on the economic benefits of daycare, all day kindergarten, preschool (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 25, 2010June 2, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI

Council on Early Child Development (founded by F Mustard, HELP’s C Hertzman President)World BankOECDFraser Mustard (broken link), Chair in Childhood Development at Alberta Children’s HospitalMisleading out of context quote (broken link):“Early childhood investments of high quality have lasting effects…. We…

OECD Statistics on enrollment in daycare, preschool, kindergarten (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 15, 2010June 16, 2020in Enrollment statistics, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. )

OECD Statistics on enrollment in daycare, preschool, kindergarten (broken link)

Pascal Adviser from OECD Says State is Responsible for Child-Rearing (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 10, 2010May 25, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

Whose Children are They?This Power Point presentation tells us where the daycare lobbyists want us to go.It is by OECD/UNESCO/UNCEF top daycare man John Bennett.He lied about Canadian daycare lobbyist Martha Friendly's OECD ties in the National Post (see "The…

Where the All-Day Schooling Agenda Comes from: The "Integration" of School and Child Care in the OECD's "New Order"

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 5, 2010May 25, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Quotes from the OECD's 2001 paper:January 2001. Lenira Haddad. Childcare Resource and Research Unit - research study: "An Integrated Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care: A Preliminary Study" (download full PDF here)You can also find it via CRRUs website…

Background documents: Who is pushing all-day schooling for little kids? (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 1, 2010May 25, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

The OECD, the Integration Network, the World Bank and the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) at UBC. 2001 OECD Paper Published by the leading daycare lobby organization, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, run by Martha Friendly in Toronto: January 2001.…

15 children per staff —Staff:child ratio recommendations for 3-5 year olds by daycare lobby OECD, Martha Friendly et al

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 1, 2009June 2, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Quality & staff-child ratios

15 children per staff—Staff:child ratio recommendations for 3-5 year olds by daycare lobby OECD, Martha Friendly et al June 2009. Martha Friendly. Childcare Resource and Research Centre - research paper (PDF): "Ratios for four and five year olds: What does…