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Elizabeth at home in Madrid
'I would rather be poor, very poor, and my daughter [Melanie] was OK.'
Renting a spare room for Melanie is expensive, but Elizabeth thinks it is worth it. If all goes well, she says, Melanie will be in Spain in one month.
Yet Elizabeth is already poor, with work only available a few hours a week. For the last eight years she has worked in cleaning and caring for older people and children. She says she has been taken advantage of, for example by an employer who made her work on Christmas Day without pay.
Read more at odi.org/global-childcare-crisis
Photo: Álvaro Minguito ©ODI
Elizabeth at home in Madrid
'I would rather be poor, very poor, and my daughter [Melanie] was OK.'
Renting a spare room for Melanie is expensive, but Elizabeth thinks it is worth it. If all goes well, she says, Melanie will be in Spain in one month.
Yet Elizabeth is already poor, with work only available a few hours a week. For the last eight years she has worked in cleaning and caring for older people and children. She says she has been taken advantage of, for example by an employer who made her work on Christmas Day without pay.
Read more at odi.org/global-childcare-crisis
Photo: Álvaro Minguito ©ODI