… EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele delivered this speech at the 10th anniversary event ofthe International Labor Organisation on 28 June 2021. Good … are women. When it comes to those who provide professional care at home, 83 % are women. And that’s just the figures …
… delivered this speech at a press seminar organised by the European Parliament on 4 March 2020. Several slides, not included here, supported the message. Dear Members ofthe European Parliament, dear guests, Thank you for … of women being kept out ofthe labour market due to care responsibilities. Currently, 37.5 % of women in the EU …
… Mental health is defined as the state of well-being in which individuals can realise … the physical and mental health of those providing care, who experience accumulated chronic stressors and often …
… as ‘any activity undertaken by an individual, regardless of actual or perceived health status, for the purpose of promoting, protecting or maintaining health, … of masculinity limit boys and men in their self-care and create barriers to healthy living and well-being. …
… Despite an intensifying vaccine roll-out, at the time of writing the COVID-19 pandemic is still not under … including large-scale job losses – and much more unpaid care work for women during the pandemic have been put forward …
… The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected individuals’ … Multiple lockdowns, movement restrictions, the closure of leisure and educational facilities and an unprecedented … to acute trade-offs in dividing time between paid work, care duties and leisure activities (EIGE, 2021c). With …
… risks were already higher for women than for men in the EU before the pandemic (EIGE, 2020g). Women were already … the group most likely to lose their job in the first half of 2020 (Eurofound, 2021a), given that they are employed in … job market, as well as their disproportionate burden ofcare duties. Gender-sensitive recovery needs to address the …
… The COVID-19 crisis is distinctive in its gendered impacts across the sectors of employment. Women are over-represented among ‘essential’ workers, including in the health and care sectors, victim support services, education and food …
… consistently disadvantageous for women. As Figure 6 shows, the largest gender gap – 27 p.p. – in FTE employment in 2019 was among couples with children, with 62 % of women, compared with 89 % of men, in this family grouping … migrant women are usually limited to working in low-paid care jobs (Addati, 2018; EIGE, 2020c, 2021d). FRA (2019) …
… Gender inequalities in health The conditions in which women and men live, work and spend … and women’s poorer mental well-being reflect the effect of gender inequality and gendered norms on health by leading … to disease, health-related behaviours and access to care. Employment status influences people’s physical and …