Access to reliable childcare is critical for parents, particularly mothers, to succeed in their jobs.
Problems with child care and caring for children who are ill is a major source of absenteeism.
Nonetheless, only one company surveyed by Papua New Guinea Business Coalition for Women News (BCFW) in early 2016 reported providing any form of child care assistance to staff. Why is that?
For one, there is a widespread belief in PNG that strong extended family networks mean there will always be someone to mind the children while parents work.
