… has led to a proliferation of so-called "platform work" whereby workers use online platforms (e.g. Uber, Wolt, … contribute to gender equality through enabling a better work-life balance. For example, allowing people with … responsibilities, who are predominantly women, to fit work in around school hours, potentially increasing their …
… get in your car or take public transport. Then you’re at work and you get things done over an 8-9 hour period – or … a perspective of safety, switching off public lighting at night could put women’s safety in jeopardy. Solutions are not …
… getting them ready for school, to putting them to bed at night. And a lot in between. It’s also taking care of an … the clock assistance. And unpaid care also means household work. In the fragile context of the pandemic, all these forms … need to empower both women and men to use flexible work for family responsibilities – so if a child needs to be …
… are never in isolation – life just doesn’t work like that. Childcare sits alongside other demands like … grocery shopping, the cleaning, the laundry, an important work project, then taking care of home-schooling and then … University graduate. By day, they work at a salon, by night, at a bar. They scrape whatever time they have in …
… conditions that would improve the gender pay gap and work–life balance . However, addressing issues such as … policy, which includes taking part in ongoing quality work and providing equal treatment for women and men in … pensions upon retirement [6] . Long, rotating shifts and nightwork make it difficult to enforce full-time work …
… women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to put … full-time job over the course of a year. This unpaid care work that is essential to our economies. The children being … means their flexibility is limited practice. Many work at night, at the weekend, and at hours they cannot choose. Like …
… (EIGE) shows that artificial intelligence and platform work (also called gig work), have the potential to improve gender equality in the … this flexibility is limited practice, with many working at night, at the weekend, and at hours they cannot choose. …
… Carlien Scheele delivered this speech at the “Remote Work: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities" conference on the future of work, organised by the 2021 Portuguese Presidency of the … the temptation to keep email exchanges going well into the night. That is not good for work-life balance or mental …
… be cared for at some point in our lives. Professional care work is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often … poor contracts that provide little security. Unpaid care work, the type of work most of us have relied on to make it past our 10th …
… the power of legal texts to improve people’s lives. In her work for EIGE, Kasia always made sure to highlight how much … those around her. The same passion she had for her work, she had for life after the office shut its doors. She …
… could help to decrease the disproportionate amount of care work for which women are responsible and thereby reduce … most of whom (76 %) are women. They bear heavy workloads, work long shifts (including nights and weekends) and … women’s natural role within the household, not valued as ‘work’), as well as cutbacks in public spending, which …
… part of the professional lives of women and men in various work circumstances. It is therefore logical that common … 2018a, 2018b). Online abuse affecting women in their work context is getting increased attention from both … and determines their driving behaviour, including avoiding night-time work and certain areas as a way to minimise risk …
… allow more flexibility in where and when people work. Flexible working arrangements typically relate to how … children work over 30 hours. Of these women, 36 % work at night (10 p.m. to 5 a.m.) and 65 % work during the evening … young children reported working for more than 2 hours at night on more than 15 days in a month (ILO, 2018c). The …
… U. (2019). Social protection systems and the future of work: Ensuring social security for digital platform workers. … Turk and the commodification of labour. New technology, work and employment, 29 (3), 213-223. Bisdee, D., Daly, T., … D., and Davis, S. N. (2019). The autonomy paradox: how nightwork undermines subjective well-being of internet-based …
… conditions are often very demanding. Heavy workloads, night shifts and low pay characterise their work. These factors will not attract more people to a sector … the EU. But we must also recognise the value of care work by increasing wages and improving working conditions. …
… incidents (IPU: 2018a). MPs in parliaments, like any other work organisation, need to balance work and family life. The … Sitting hours in parliaments may be extremely long, with night sittings a common occurrence in many assemblies. … MPs to reconcile their personal and family lives, limit night sittings and avoid voting sessions in difficult hours. …
… successful in integrating a gender perspective into the work of an institution, a policy area, etc. More about … Gender-responsive evaluation using participatory methods: night transportation in the city of Nantes [81] The … the different needs of women and men using public night transportation in the city of Nantes. Within the …
… he urged it to assume an active role and to spur the work of the government and the party. On 8 March 2014, Nisa … after office hours with sittings running late into the night. This conflicts with family obligations and therefore …