… Marking 10 years of commitment and advocacy for domestic and home care in the EU, EIGE’s Director, … Sweden and Belgium more men than women perceive facing work-life tensions nearly every day. If we look at cooking … Moving over to long-term care, we see that female carers pay much higher economic price than male carers. Women are …
… For the first time ever, EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows … signs of a worsening situation for women in many areas of work and home life. The Index paints a picture of rising … to have lower incomes than men, partly due to the gender pay gap and the gender pension gap. And, those with a lower …
… in 2010. Given that the Gender Equality Index 2022 focuses for the first time mainly on data from the first pandemic … to improve gender balance on corporate boards, to have pay transparency, and to put an end to violence against women … violence. I call on all stakeholders to do their part forequal opportunities, safety and equal say for women and men. …
… challenges at ETUI-ETUC’s conference: “A Blueprint for Equality”, held in Brussels on 24 June 2022. If we work … inequality continues to cost us all. First. The gender pay gap. As long as a gap exists between the average earnings … the average earnings of men, we will never achieve a truly equal society. The gender pay gaps shows that society …
… has reminded us just how difficult and dangerous it is for the women who live with a violent partner. The important … information that policymakers need to design gender-equal recovery measures. I will tell you more about our plans … strong emotional demands, irregular working hours, low pay and under-appreciation. Women are also heavily involved …
… event was organised in cooperation with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments. The speech opened up … be cared for at some point in our lives. Professional care work is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often … work, and is therefore either done for free or on low pay. While we want to get more women doing men’s work, it …
… Women’s Day on 8 March, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released new findings on the … in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy job losses. … productivity and could reduce their career progression and pay. Inadequate support measures for domestic violence …
… very demanding. Heavy workloads, night shifts and low pay characterise their work. These factors will not attract more people to a sector … During the pandemic, people showed their appreciation for care workers by clapping nightly across the EU. But we …
… while Greece moved to the bottom with 50 points. The award for the most improved country goes to Italy, which made a big … pace. We are still a long way off from reaching a gender-equal society and all countries in the European Union have … measures to help empower women and address the gender pay gap. Equality is not about making women more like men, …