… a part of the conference Women's economic empowerment: key to gender equality hosted by the French European Union … pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to … such as limits to working time, a minimum wage, and paid leave. If we do it right, there is much potential in these …
… Women’s Day just around the corner, and the EU set to roll out its Covid-19 recovery package across Europe, it … Women working in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy … has to be made clear. Career interruptions to provide careleave women with far lower pensions than men across the EU. …
… highest number of cases – from nearly 3 million in Poland to more than 5.7 million in France [2] . If, overall, about … men, as priority was given to healthcare and residential care workers – both groups mostly composed of women. At the … occupational segregation is a key reason why women nurses leave the profession (WHO, 2019c). With significant exposure …
… – 1 point every 2 years – it will take more than 60 years to achieve gender equality in the EU. The gender balance in … recession. In addition, the closure of schools and other care services has greatly increased childcare needs, with a … to maternity benefits in the EU, and access to parental leave is also limited for the self-employed in a number of …
… Leyen notes that ‘every person in our Union has the right to feel safe in their own streets and their own home. We can leave no stone unturned when it comes to protecting our … and female genital mutilation; recognise and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public …
… the EU and its Member States. [1] The EU's approach to gender equality Equality between women and men is … measures. Legal measure: the introduction of paternity leave. Fathers/equivalent second parents will be able to take … making better use of EU Funds to improve long-term care and childcare services. Policy measure: removing …
… than women? In EU Member States, both paid work and unpaid care work exists. These different kinds of work are performed … and unpaid care work depend on each other. For example, to be able to work in the formal economy (paid work), we all … work Public financial allowances, such as paid parental leave, child benefit, carers’ allowances, agricultural …
… In Europe, we are all adjusting to new ways of living because of the effects of the … working around the clock and putting themselves at risk tocarefor patients. Most of the nurses and healthcare workers … and will probably not be paid nor entitled to paid sickleave. These people are likely to have difficulty paying for …
… Parental-leave conditions may help or hinder gender equality The … & Poole, 2016; Trask, 2010). In this context, entitlements to job-protected leave after childbirth have become important … time-limited job protection to enable an employee tocarefor their new-born child, and afterwards return to work …
… Deutsche Telekom AG was one of the first companies to integrate into its rules of governance the 2012 Family CareLeave Act ( Familienpflegezeitgesetz , FPfZG), and the first …
… rate remains higher than men’s ". Removing barriers to gender equality, tackling gender-based violence, getting … point [3]. 13. Around 30% of working-age women with care responsibilities are either economically inactive or … a child - have neither considered nor taken parental leave. Almost all eligible mothers make use of their right to …
… in 1957, when the founding Member States of the EU wished to create a common market. The EU coordinates economic and … working arrangements and a larger uptake of parental leave benefits by fathers. Additionally, part-time employment … Finally, regulatory reform that supports child and elderly care can also promote gender equality. Gender implications in …