… and cultural factors that affect the behaviour of women and men and their access to health services. Regarding … need to adequately explore and address the combination of social and biological sources of differences in women’s and … predominantly composed of women. However, women healthcare workers tend to occupy lower-status positions (e.g. nurses …
… are owned by men. However, in most fishing communities women play a key role and make significant contributions to … to the activities of fishing boats (as net makers, port workers or packers), 30% work in aquaculture (chiefly … This status, when available, gives women access to social benefits which in turn provide cover during maternity …
… and policies are often considered to equally benefit women and men, there is a large body of professional … travel: because women are far more likely to be part-time workers, they travel off-peak more often than men. In … (namely time and monetary costs) to fulfil their economic, social and domestic roles. The costs of unreliable and …
… the implementation of actions for equality between women and men in the policies and annual work programmes for … Unit organise public consultations and seminars with social partners on specific topics to gather input from a … trade, consumers, the European Women’s Lobby and workers). It meets once a year and is coordinated by the DG …