… own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and contribute to their community (WHO, … the physical and mental health of those providing care, who experience accumulated chronic stressors and often …
… men, as priority was given to healthcare and residential care workers – both groups mostly composed of women. At the … within 30 days of COVID-19 diagnosis and of intensive care unit admission were also higher among men (Kragholm et … and those whose physical presence is still required at work (EIGE, 2021c). Most governments in the EU established …
… in the EU (ECDC, 2021). Abortion, pregnancy and maternal care disparities across the European Union Estimates suggest … et al., 2020). This shows that abortion services and care are essential components of public health, to ensure … their access to SRHR. In some Member States, women who work as au pairs must be unmarried and without children as a …
… dedicate more of their time to childcare and long-term care. Read more Globally, people with disabilities have … Disabilities. Beyond medical services, access to long-term care services is critical to autonomous living and the … on its own’, lack of time (‘Could not take time because of work, care for children or for others’) and waiting times. In …
… use among caregivers. The reduction of staff in long-term care facilities due to illness and self-isolation and the … it particularly difficult for service providers to ensure work–life balance for their own employees, and their health …
… has led to acute trade-offs in dividing time between paid work, care duties and leisure activities (EIGE, 2021c). With restrictions largely preventing external care services or help from grandparents, friends and …
… unequally shared of the three most common forms of unpaid care, the other two being childcare and long-term care for older people and people with disabilities and other … clear that adolescent girls and young women do more unpaid work in the childhood home than their male counterparts – and …
… subdomain, with a score of 61 points in 2019, than in the care subdomain (69.1 points) (Figure 13). Since 2010, the … same time frame: a rise of 3.7 points in the score for the care subdomain and a drop of 4 points in the score for the … determined by time pressures from both paid and unpaid work (European Parliament, 2016a). In 2019, the …
… School and childcare service closures have increased the care burden and created new forms of unpaid care for working parents, including home schooling. Across … lower financial resources and the impossibility of sharing care demands (Alon et al., 2020). Footnotes [1] Preliminary …
… scheme was not available in the sectors of their work or, if it was, provided lower benefits, or because they … job market, as well as their disproportionate burden of care duties. Gender-sensitive recovery needs to address the gender pay gap by promoting equal share of care responsibilities and by better valorising those working …
… migrant women are usually limited to working in low-paid care jobs (Addati, 2018; EIGE, 2020c, 2021d). FRA (2019) … women are considerably less likely than men to be in paid work, with the gender gap ranging from 19 p.p. in France to … and men in couples with children, highlighting how unpaid care duties remain a major obstacle to women taking on paid …
… progress in this area, particularly on monitoring unpaid work. EIGE will fill the gap in the near future by collecting EU-wide data on time spent on unpaid care and social activities by women and men. The domain of work, despite having the third highest score, 71.6 points, …
… would find it difficult to pay for unexpected dental care (41 % of women and 35 % of men), mental health services … 2018). Access to safe abortion and high-quality maternal care remains unequal across the EU, especially for vulnerable … Eurostat data shows that women represent 88 % of personal care workers, 84 % of cleaners and helpers, 73 % of education …
… negative in the long term. An enormous increase in unpaid care during the COVID-19 crisis – particularly by women – has … progress or even regression is probable. Domain of work With a score of 71.6 points – an increase of only … points (p.p.), is between women and men taking unpaid care of children, followed by a 21 p.p. gap between …
… The domain of work [1] is among the domains to have experienced slowest … by 0.5 points. The subdomain of segregation and quality of work made even less progress in 2019, increasing by only … able to take a few hours off during a working day to take care of personal or family matters and a Career Prospect …
… in health The conditions in which women and men live, work and spend their time affect their health. Gender and … to disease, health-related behaviours and access to care. Employment status influences people’s physical and … means that access to affordable and high-quality long-term care is increasingly important. The European Pillar of Social …