Child Care for All is a movement that aims to provide child care to all children who need it. This initiative brings together key stakeholders—including professionals, parents, vendors, NGOs, and government bodies—to engage in dialogue and action to create safe and inclusive spaces of care for children.

An innovative component of this movement is the active involvement of children themselves through creative and participatory methods. One of the core objectives is to develop an online resource centre accessible to employers, vendors, early childhood professionals, diversity experts, parents, and practitioners.

The genesis of this movement lies in doctoral research on child care and the lived professional experiences of its founder. Creating strategies to address everyday care situations and advancing research-informed solutions remain central goals of the initiative.

About the Founder

Dr. Ridhi Sethi has nearly two decades of experience in the fields of human development, research, early care, and education. She currently serves as a guest faculty member at the School of Vocational Studies, B. R. Ambedkar University. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Development and Childhood Studies, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi.

A strong advocate for play and the creation of safe daycare environments, Dr. Sethi has supported working parents through research and consultancy for over eight years in the IT sector. She has advised organizations and industry bodies on implementing child care support systems at workplaces.

She is the founder of the Child Care for All early childhood network and manages a platform dedicated to disseminating the latest research in early childhood care and education. Her expertise includes needs assessment for employee child care requirements and designing recommendations for on-site child care programs.

Dr. Sethi is committed to translating academic research for public use through articles, blogs, and commentaries featured in platforms such as People Matters. She has worked as a consultant with Sesame Workshop India and has contributed nationally as a consultant to SCERT Delhi, where she supported the development of the Delhi State Curriculum for the Foundational Stage.

Trained at the Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University, she is actively involved in international ECCE networks including ARNEC and ECDAN. Her work has been presented at numerous national and international conferences hosted by institutions such as the London School of Economics and Political Science, ISSA, International Play Organization, NASSCOM, and CII.

She is currently a member of the Assocham National Task Force on Early Childhood Education and has led multiple research initiatives, including national studies on preschool materials and ECCE teacher training across India.