… that recycling, turning down the heating and walking to work is good for the planet. Those individual acts are … to structural inequalities like unfair burden of paid and unpaid care work, the pay gap or the pension gap.” This is one of the …
… Sweden and Belgium more men than women perceive facing work-life tensions nearly every day. If we look at cooking … hand in hand with lower employment opportunities, reduced work hours and lower income. And this cost is much higher for … women than men. For some women, choices and expectations work against each other. I know this because I recently spoke …
… according to EIGE’s latest evidence. The distribution of unpaid childcare between women and men is moving in the right … EIGE’s evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities shows that 91% … which can have negative spillover effects both in terms of work-life balance and in the labour market. EIGE had …
… personal. So, let’s bring it home. We need to talk about unpaid care. Differently. Because the reality is just not … out - for anyone. And it hasn’t for a while. What does unpaid care mean? It’s looking after children – from getting … the clock assistance. And unpaid care also means household work. In the fragile context of the pandemic, all these forms …
… Today, one-in-three people 1 across the EU are unpaid informal carers for family members or friends in need … States need to address the significant gender gaps in unpaid care and provide robust care systems to avoid … not yet seen a meaningful or fairer redistribution of unpaid care duties within EU households. And that needs to …
… ensuring a broad protection from discrimination. The work-life balance directive [12] champions gender equality … men and the equal distribution between women and men of unpaid care work (including domestic work) and improve public … and female genital mutilation; recognise and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public …
… the pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to put … give to a full-time job over the course of a year. This unpaid care work that is essential to our economies. The …
… measures, paid employment declined, while the amount of unpaid household work and childcare increased significantly. Even though men … men. The survey collected data on the thematic areas of unpaid care, paid work, services, support and well-being. The …
… for Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care … men. Employed women also do more than their fair share of unpaid care work. Across the EU, they spend 90 minutes more …