… Carlien Scheele, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality, the EU agency for gender equality, will … live from the event. Stay tuned! 18.03.2024 – Keeping care high on the agenda My last intervention was in a … in difficult times’. Watch the event here 13.3.2024 - Day one at CSW68. And we are off to an inspiring start! The …
… in its fastest-growing sector? Ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, let’s take … in working in the green sector. Where women account for 22 % of workers in the conventional energy sector in the … EIGE’s Gender Equality Index also explores how jobs in care, health and education should also be the focus of a just …
… of the high-level group and dear colleagues, Thank you for inviting me here today, to share with you emerging … both needs. One aspect key for flexibility is external care infrastructure – as you know EIGE places priority on … who are exposed to energy poverty, who have to ask their children to stay in libraries to do their homework until …
… Marking 10 years of commitment and advocacy for domestic and home care in the EU, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele gave an … than women perceive facing work-life tensions nearly every day. If we look at cooking and/or housework every day and …
… Good afternoon members of the FEMM Committee. Thank you for having me here to share the European Institute for Gender … EU policy framework: employment, income, education, unpaid care, decision-making, health. The analysis is complemented … nearly half of them are caring for more than 10 hours a day. This rate drops to 1 out of 3 among those who use the …
… equality through enabling a better work-life balance. For example, allowing people with childcare responsibilities, … because it is often performed outside the regular working day , though more often by men than by women. As many as 36 % … who perform high levels of household work, childcare or carefor disabled, elderly or infirm persons. Just over half …
… Ahead of International Women's Day, EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele participated in an … get things done over an 8-9 hour period – or perhaps more for some of us. Then you reverse the process: You’re back on … evidence proves that women take on the brunt of unpaid care compared to men – from childcare through to domestic …
… Council in Brussels on 8 December 2022 on why the European Care Strategy offers much needed hope for the future. Dear Chair, dear Ministers, Thank you to the … likely than men to be involved in childcare throughout the day - from the crack of dawn through to bedtime. No wonder …
… pandemic’s parameters have eased, the occasion was calling for us to bring EU institutions, Member States as well as EU … and also for many, homes became improvised schools and day-care centres. The situation was surreal. And I am sure it is …
… interconnections between changes in unpaid and paid work for women and men during the pandemic, the role of government … of a questionnaire which explores the share of informal care in the household for two time periods, before the … caring for their children/grandchildren (aged 0-11) every dayfor 4 hours or more during the pandemic (%, 20–64, EU, …
… in 2010. Given that the Gender Equality Index 2022 focuses for the first time mainly on data from the first pandemic … background were at an even higher risk. An uptick in care responsibilities An uptick in overall care … this backdrop, EIGE is organising for the first time a two-day Gender Equality Forum in Brussels and online. The aim is …
… women have been and still are at the forefront, both for their wide presence in crucial sectors such as healthcare … juggle smart working, remote education forchildren and care of the elderly, the disabled and the sick. Furthermore, … Today, 8 March, we will dedicate International Women's Day to a sincere reflection on the disparities still present …
… In March 2002, the European Council decided to set targets for the availability of childcare facilities: “Member States … to 44 spend three times longer than men in childcare per day. Likewise, care responsibilities account for the main reason women work …
… how the generation of tomorrow can be better equipped for the future at the Europe of Tomorrow conference in Prague … stand and why. Let me take you back to a typical day, not too long ago, during the height of lockdown. You … for the parents, a primary school for the twins, a day-carefor the two-year old and with whatever space remains, …