2017 – Plan International conducted on the gender dimensions of early childhood care and education (ECCE) and parenting initiatives in 11 countries of the Asia region using their Gender in ECD assessment tools. This report synthesizes the findings from the different countries, highlighting common issues around the gendered distribution of care work and men’s limited engagement; as well as the fact that in many of the communities studied, girls and boys are being prepared, from an early age, to be mothers/caregivers and fathers/providers of the future.