… November 2023 hosted by the European Federation for Family Employment and Home Care at the EGG Center in Brussels Good … to the members of the European Federation for Family Employment & home care and to my fellow panel members. It is … can give around 7.7 million European women who are out of employment because of care responsibilities, a chance to …
… housework. Yet these kinds of jobs rarely provide a formal employment contract, which means their flexibility is limited … they cannot choose. Like others in non-standard forms of employment, they were rarely eligible for government support … Artificial intelligence, platform work and gender equality Policy brief: Artificial intelligence, platform work and …
… in paid work than men, with 67 % of working age women in employment, compared to 79 % of men. That’s an important … aimed to have 75 % of the working age population in employment by the end of 2020. While men have surpassed this … backgrounds in the EU, and measuring the impact of policy decisions on their lives. We are also preparing a …
… equality should not only be considered in the silos of a policy, but rather it needs to be mainstreamed into every … shows that following five years of growth at EU-level, employment declined for both women and men in all EU Member … less women than men in the labour market to begin with, employment declined for both groups by 2.4 %. Rising …
… that gender equality is a cross-cutting issue in all policy areas and should be always considered in decisions … shows, long-standing gender inequalities [such as lower employment rates of women, gender pay gap] in the economy … forms of unpaid work largely contribute to the fact that employment rates of men (78 %) have surpassed the Europe 2020 …
… Women’s economic empowerment has long been a feature of EU policy, but the shift in priorities in the aftermath of the economic crisis has left the employmentpolicy largely gender blind. Thus the Europe 2020 … a target of having 75 % of the working age population in employment by 2020 but does not distinguish between women and …
… work-life balance initiatives can help to boost women’s employment and close the gender pay gap, but only if both … to reduce the gender pay gap includes a variety of policy options to combat pay inequalities. These include …
… housework. This leads to fewer women than men in full-time employment and a lifetime gender gap in earnings of some 40%. … Mainstreaming gender into the EU budget and macroeconomic policy framework’ outlines in detail how the EU institutions … Mainstreaming gender into the EU budget and macroeconomic policy framework Gender mainstreaming methods and tools: …
… failure to recognise people’s diverse needs across public policy in the EU. Lifetime inequalities in pay and employment lead to an overall gender gap in earnings of some …
… Once the law, policy or programme has been contextualised, it is necessary … The launch of an initiative that aims to promote the employment of certain groups of people (the young, people … users, etc.) as ultimate beneficiaries. Even though the policy is not directly targeted at them, they can be affected …
… In this phase it is important to establish how the policy or legislative measure will contribute to … of women in the public sphere (politics, economy, employment, culture, etc.), and increasing men’s … of women and men to essential resources such as education, employment, careers, health, time, money, power, information, …
… to gender mainstreaming. These methods span the whole policy cycle, from policy definition, through implementation to monitoring and … (mid-term or ex post), in particular in the social and employment field, have been conducted over the years. Their …