Flaviopédia Português
Brazil for Women

Guaranteed daycare for every child

care as part of the economy

Proposes expanding full-time daycare, giving a daycare voucher for accredited private providers where there is no public place, and setting up a National Care Network.

In the program: [p. 21] · Translated by Flaviopédia from the official Portuguese text; the Portuguese quote is authoritative. Read the original in Portuguese

What the program says

Women devote almost twice as many hours as men to domestic work, unpaid care that is equivalent to about 8.5% of Brazil’s GDP. We will expand the availability of daycare for children from early childhood, full-time, with decent meals and a focus on child development. Where there is no place in the public system, the family will receive a daycare voucher for access to accredited private providers until a public place opens up, so that no woman is unable to work, study or start a business for lack of daycare. We will also set up a “Rede Nacional de Cuidado” (“National Care Network”), expanding support for elderly people and people with disabilities, with day centers and home care in public-private partnerships with states, municipalities and social organizations. Our commitment is to give back to women what they lack today: time, including time to take care of themselves. [p. 21]

In plain language

  • The text states that women devote almost twice as many hours as men to domestic work, unpaid care that would be equivalent to about 8.5% of GDP.
  • The program proposes expanding the availability of daycare from early childhood, full-time, with meals and a focus on child development.
  • Where there is no place in the public system, the family would receive a daycare voucher to use with accredited private providers until a public place opens up.
  • It also provides for setting up a “Rede Nacional de Cuidado”, with more support for elderly people and people with disabilities through day centers and home care, in public-private partnerships with states, municipalities and social organizations.
  • The stated goal is that no woman is unable to work, study or start a business because she has no daycare, and that women gain time, including to take care of themselves.

What is not in the program

  • It does not state how many daycare places would be created or any coverage targets.
  • It does not set the value of the daycare voucher, who is entitled to it or how private providers would be accredited.
  • It does not detail how many day centers there would be or who coordinates the “Rede Nacional de Cuidado”.
  • It gives no timeline, cost or source of funding.
  • It does not give the source of the figures on hours of domestic work and share of GDP.