Comments on: International Women’s Day 2006 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/03/08/international-womens-day-2006/ Manifesto-driven development. Eclectic thoughts. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:39:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/03/08/international-womens-day-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-4898 Chris Tue, 07 Mar 2006 23:09:16 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/?p=253#comment-4898 Actually there is coverage of the wage increase for child care workers and how it will hit families with increased child care costs. There is irony in paying more money to the almost entirely female workforce inevitably making the workforce-re-entry-enabling childcare facilities less affordable for women wishing to re-enter the workforce. But it's <b>not</b> a delicious irony, it's the other kind. It's an unhappy accident that the story falls on IWD. Actually there is coverage of the wage increase for child care workers and how it will hit families with increased child care costs. There is irony in paying more money to the almost entirely female workforce inevitably making the workforce-re-entry-enabling childcare facilities less affordable for women wishing to re-enter the workforce. But it’s not a delicious irony, it’s the other kind.

It’s an unhappy accident that the story falls on IWD.

]]> By: Alastair http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/03/08/international-womens-day-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-4896 Alastair Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:38:12 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/?p=253#comment-4896 I'm sure that Talk Like A Pirate Day gets more coverage... And I would have thought that an editorial pointing out the irony of increased child care costs (front page story in the Terrorgraph) occurring on IWD would be forthcoming. I’m sure that Talk Like A Pirate Day gets more coverage…

And I would have thought that an editorial pointing out the irony of increased child care costs (front page story in the Terrorgraph) occurring on IWD would be forthcoming.

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