… every day caring for children than men. Women and men in employment who experience difficulties in combining paid work … frequency of work-life conflicts. Around a third of single mothers and fathers and couples with children face …
… on leisure time, especially for women in precarious employment (EIGE, 2020g; European Parliament, 2016a; Wajcman, … influential role in the health behaviour of lone mothers, who are likely to spend a disproportionate amount of …
… professions During the first wave of the pandemic, employment for women reduced by 2.2 million across the EU. … the crisis were in these professions. Despite rising employment in the summer, women gained only half as many jobs … the virtual classroom with children. Our study shows that mothers have to deal with interruptions by children more …
… noticeable progress in the EU towards increased women’s employment rates, lower risks of poverty for both women and … services, with a particularly marked impact on working mothers. The lockdown and social distancing measures have … groups of women, including younger and older cohorts, lone mothers with dependent children, and those from migrant …
… number of important gender inequalities (EIGE, 2020a). The employment rate of women is still significantly below that of … be found more often in temporary, part-time or precarious employment. This contributes to significant gender gaps in … groups of women, including younger and older cohorts, lone mothers with dependent children, and those from migrant …
… score of only 64.0 points in 2017, amidst slowly rising employment rates. In 2017, the FTE employment rate in the EU … reflecting the disproportionate weight of care duties on mothers. This leads to women’s predominant reliance on … face challenges in accessing adequate healthcare: lone mothers and fathers (6 % and 8 % respectively) and women and …
… income and women’s continuing gains in education and employment, gender gaps in pay ensure poverty is mostly … where women are the sole earners. In 2017, 35 % of lone mothers in the EU were at risk of poverty, compared to 28 % …