… And as COVID-19 created unprecedented pressure on the health sector, decreases in gender equality impacted women in terms of health status and access to healthcare services. Progress in … background were at an even higher risk. An uptick in care responsibilities An uptick in overall care …
… in the workplace. These ideas lead me to my second topic. Care. Care responsibilities should never cause anyone to leave … earns significantly more than her. Her elderly father’s health has begun to deteriorate, and there is not adequate …
… numbers of women, who make up about three quarters of the health workforce in the EU. Yet those taking decisions about … pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to … to a full-time job over the course of a year. This unpaid care work that is essential to our economies. The children …
… from 83.9 points in Sweden to 52.6 points in Greece. “Health is the state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing. Equal access to good quality health services, including sexual and reproductive health and … distress, economic uncertainty and an increase in unpaid care work for women, led couples to delay having children -- …
… gender equality: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. The areas of violence and intersecting inequalities … to assure the equal share of hours spent on providing care between women and men. In parallel with creating new …