Free Creches are a Right

There are not all that many parents on campus, but the free availability of creches not only for the children of students but also for the whole community, is an issue that should concern everybody. The longer there are no free creche facilities the longer women will be chained to the role of unpaid baby minders and house slaves. The longer there are no free creches the longer the right of the woman to participate in exactly the same way as the male in the means of production will be denied. As long as there are no free creches we are condoning an economic system that will always put profit above the needs of the community.

It looks like New Zealand will become one of the last countries in the world to recognise the need for the free community creches. Many other advanced countries see creches in the same light as we see primary schools. But because it is economically viable for western countries to maintain the nuclear family set up, the obvious need for creches will never become a priority for government until people demonstrate that need clearly and violently.