… and labour market legislation, such as the Parental Leave Act (1995:584), protecting the rights of pregnant women … distribution of unpaid housework and provision of care; (5) gender-equal health; and (6) stopping men’s …
… across the EU have been doing some 36 hours of unpaid care work each week during the pandemic, which is almost … allow telework to become dominated by mothers trying to care for children at the same time as doing their job, while … 1, governments should earmark healthy amounts of parental leave for all fathers. In a number of EU Member States, this …
… do they make? How do current laws enable them to take care of children raised in a family while leading fulfilling … in the European Union. First, let me start with parental leave. This is a right that is still much more likely to be … the birth of each child, shows the impact of this unpaid care work on women’s lives. The best way to neutralise these …
… significantly more likely to take career breaks to take care of children. This can eat into the time they are able to … EU are kept out of paid work because they are providing care. To put that into perspective, that is about equal to … in people’s minds that men often fail to up paternity leave even when it’s on offer. The Nordic approach of ‘use it …
… Women working in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy … derail women’s employment gains is the unequal sharing of care, which can hold women back from entering the job market, … has to be made clear. Career interruptions to provide careleave women with far lower pensions than men across the EU. …
… Europe is an ageing continent and women are often taking care of their parents, as well as children. Our data shows … where women are concentrated in poorly paid fields like care work, while men dominate highly paid fields like ICT, is … work. Countries should earmark healthy amounts of parental leave for fathers to help make this a reality. Last, …
… women unable to take up paid work because they were taking care of children and ageing parents. Although this unpaid care work doesn’t show up in governments’ balance sheets, it … countries should earmark healthy amounts of parental leave for all fathers. Second, people must have access to …