… 10 years of commitment and advocacy for domestic and home care in the EU, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele gave an address at the Domestic and Home Care EU Congress on 14 November 2023 hosted by the European Federation for Family Employment and Home Care at the EGG Center in Brussels Good morning to the …
… the way we live and work. She explains: “When consumers care about sustainability, they might avoid fast fashion. And … the additional responsibility, they should be there to care for big social issues, such as gender equality. …
… women also assume most of the domestic work and 70% of all care tasks. We're a long way from an equal sharing of … and opportunities between women and men when it comes to care and domestic work. Spain’s Instituto de las Mujeres … crisis, women are threatened. The astonishing overload of care work and destruction of employment has particularly …
… in the workplace. These ideas lead me to my second topic. Care. Care responsibilities should never cause anyone to leave … And during the pandemic home and work merged into one. Care responsibilities exploded. Covid recovery plans must …
… policies, but also wants to be at the forefront of care. She highlighted how the state care system in Spain is a strategic economic sector but needs … And then to commit to action.” “And balancing care responsibilities more equally between men and women is a …
… across the EU have been doing some 36 hours of unpaid care work each week during the pandemic, which is almost … allow telework to become dominated by mothers trying to care for children at the same time as doing their job, while … we need is in the home. To give men the opportunity to care for their children right from day 1, governments should …
… The survey collected data on the thematic areas of unpaid care, paid work, services, support and well-being. The data … in paid and unpaid work driven by workplace, school and care facility closures due to lockdown measures? What changes in domestic and institutional settings (e.g. mobility) would further support …
… is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour … Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week – as opposed to 68 % of men. …
… by consultations with target groups and other relevant institutional stakeholders? Efficiency Did the programme … benefitted from the programme interventions in terms of institutional capacity building on gender mainstreaming and … and digital inclusion, such as childcare, social and elder care, accessible transport and digital home care support. …