… EIGE has looked into home-based formal long-term care (LTC) services, as requested … EU. The study provides an overview of the state of play of home-based LTC in the EU Member States, explores the … study also focuses on the quality of employment for those working in the home-based care sector. Resources …
… mostly women - is even more difficult. They have to juggle working from home and caring for children alone. If they get sick, their … shifted to telework. The rates of people working from home were higher in households with children and particularly …
… sectors. Healthcare workers Although both women and men working in this sector are exposed to the virus, women … as cooking and cleaning. Most of the workers providing home-based professional care to older people and people with … cleaners and helpers. [4] This includes those working in home-based settings or in institutions [5] EIGE (2021) Gender …
… are learning what it means to self-quarantine, work from home, home-school children, lose a job or even a loved one. Each … coronavirus pandemic are the healthcare workers who are working around the clock and putting themselves at risk to …
… EIGE, together with the other EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies marks the 10-year anniversary of … Charter. This includes upholding fundamental rights in our working practices and promoting gender equality and diversity … Unit (EUROJUST) Read more about the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies Network …
… and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (2009), Bringing security home: combating violence against women in the OSCE region — a … EN) (2018), Guidelines to develop standards for programmes working with perpetrators of domestic violence (available at …
… processes for victims that are under-pinned by negotiated working protocols across multiple stakeholders. Multi-agency … for referral to a MATAC Provide an alarm Provide a home safety visit Raise a child protection investigation … and reframe so that the woman is not penalised Speed up home security repairs Put a note on perpetrator housing …
… setting work-time schedules — for some The average weekly working hours of employees in the EU are on the decline as … implies a ‘push’ to take alternative routes to accommodate home responsibilities, for example by leaving jobs or … (Gash, 2008). Similarly, research shows that the German home-care allowance, a benefit for parents to stay and take …
… activities. The complex interplay between mobility, out-of-home activities, care responsibilities and paid work … measures the time women and men spend on commuting between home and work. A number of other aspects regarding … 11) Note: The EWCS questions applies only to the working population; Member States are grouped on the basis of …
… single-headed families as more women work outside of the home and not all families have a mother and a father. This … gender roles, particularly in the division of care work at home, is key to progress on gender equality. Policies can … measures (including parental leave, flexible working arrangements, childcare provision, etc.) on women’s …
… (Spasova et al., 2018). In many Member States, formal home-care services remain underdeveloped and difficult to … workers, often migrant women, in the provision of LTC at home in several EU Member States (Spasova et al., 2018). Due … also introduced a new right for workers to take at least 5 working days per year of carers’ leave where a relative has …
… care from from both their parents (Haas & Hwang, 1999). Working parents across Member States are entitled to a range … in constant flux (Blum et al., 2018). Member States are working on leave-policy designs that not only support better … of women and more fathers take parental leave to stay at home and look after their children in their first year, the …
… and charitable activities (– 1 p.p.) are much smaller, working women’s and men’s participation in this area is … in any sport, cultural or leisure activities outside the home at least every other day. The rates in another 10 Member …
… for a more balanced distribution of time spent at work and home for everyone. They should also aim for a better gender … to paternity, parental and carers’ leave and to flexible working arrangements for parents and workers with caring … in sport, cultural or leisure activities outside of their home, combined with their engagement in voluntary and …
… Commission in 2000 as a spokesman in external relations working for Commissioners Pascal Lamy and Chris Patten. In … to the EU. Mr Kemppinen started his career as a journalist working for the MTV 10 O'Clock News in Finland and later on … experience includes stints as MFA Director on Justice/Home Affairs and Migration Issues, Deputy Director at the MFA …