One in two mothers leaves their jobs to care for their children

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AGI – More than one in two mothers (53.3%) who quits do so because they are unable to reconcile childcare with their job, the time away from home and the hours of schools and kindergartens. This is what emerges from the analysis of the European Union of Cooperatives (Uecoop) on data from the National Labor Inspectorate on Mother’s Day.

Expenditure on nursery and babysitting, the shortage of places in kindergartens, the shrinking circle of relatives, the incompatibility of working hours and rhythms with the care of the offspring are the main reasons, explains the analysis of Uecoop, which pushed over 20,000 women to quit their jobs in one year according to the latest Inl report, a situation on which the Covid emergency also weighs. The pandemic, together with the rhythms of modern life, the increasingly pressing commitments, the precariousness of many professions, the economic crises and uncertainty about the future, highlights the analysis, are putting a strain on the resilience of families who have also the problem of finding and paying for a place in kindergarten for the children.

To answer this demand for assistance, Uecoop underlines, in addition to traditional public and private services, alternative offers are growing, such as nurseries in companies for employees’ children or mini nurseries with ‘nannies’, the so-called’ tagesmutter ‘, who follow small groups of children in large equipped apartments which are widespread, above all, in large cities and at regional level in Trentino Alto Adige. In this scenario, private welfare increasingly integrates the public one thanks to corporate agreements in which the first 4 places of the most requested services are precisely those relating to school and children’s education (79%), health (78% ), assistance (78%) and social security (77%) according to an analysis by Uecoop on Assolombarda data.

All services which, observes the European Union of Cooperatives, are often carried out thanks to cooperatives able to offer trained staff and suitable premises, but there is an urgent need to increase the offer to achieve a service to families that covers, as in the European average, at least 33% of children up to three years of age.

Coldiretti, 6 out of 10 Italians give flowers to their mother

Almost six out of ten Italians (59%) choose for Mother’s Day a bouquet of flowers or a plant that this year win over chocolates and sweets, given away by just 6%, while a minority of 2% buy jewelry and as many are directed towards clothing: this is what emerges from an online survey carried out on the website www.coldiretti.it which over the weekend promoted initiatives in the Campagna Amica markets throughout Italy. In the capital, all mothers were offered a floral tribute with the green tutor in action to help citizens make the right choice for the anniversary, also to help a leading Made in Italy production sector hit hard by the Covid pandemic.

From the secrets on the seasonality of flowers and how to choose the really Made in Italy one, which helps the environment, to the vademecum on how to best keep the floral tribute but also how to reuse it by giving it a second life, are some of the indications given to citizens not to miss the gift for mothers. Among the gifts, explains Coldiretti, azaleas, begonias, various bouquets and lilies, geraniums and roses prevail.

In the face of an absolute majority that donates flowers, there is in fact, Coldiretti underlines, almost one in five citizens (19%) who will not give anything this year due to the economic crisis, while a further 12% never give gifts on these occasions. The signal of the strong impact that the pandemic has had on the economic resources of Italians, as well as on the productive categories. The fact that the vast majority of citizens have turned to a floral tribute represents a breath of fresh air for the Vivaio Italia, one of the sectors most affected by the Covid emergency with a damage estimated by Coldiretti equal to 1.7 billion euros. A heavy bill due, the organization explains, to problems on exports, with blockages at the border and at customs in many EU and non-EU countries, delays and problems in road transport, the closure of distribution channels but also the ban of ceremonies such as baptisms, weddings, graduations and funerals that now resume but with strong limitations and the cancellation of all trade fairs dedicated to enthusiasts. The result, concludes Coldiretti, was the loss of withered and destroyed flowers and plants in nurseries in Italy. The sector is one of the most beautiful and loved of Made in Italy where 27 thousand companies are engaged with about 200 thousand jobs that are now in very serious difficulties.

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