Guantanamo – The National Program for the Advancement of Women in Cuba, launched two years ago, includes among its actions the creation of Children’s Houses in workplaces, an initiative that extends to the ten municipalities of the Cuban Upper East and has great acceptance among working mothers and families.
This variant of early childhood educational care in force since 1993 was taken up by the educational sector in Guantanamo and the organizations in the face of the capacity deficit in day care centers.
The creation of children’s houses also facilitates the incorporation of women into work and therefore their empowerment, while for the workplace it means stability, efficiency and productivity of the workforce.
The Ministry of Education, for its part, is committed to guarantee the teaching means and materials, as well as to the care of children with educators and pedagogical assistants, graduated in the specialty of Early Childhood, while the organizations must guarantee the necessary resources for their maintenance and sustainability.
Translated by Liubis Balart Martinez
