… It is good to be here today to mark International Women’s Day with you, and to share with you our latest data on the … made can be easily lost. I’d therefore like to thank you for joining today, to take a look at what’s happened since … across the EU have been doing some 36 hours of unpaid care work each week during the pandemic, which is almost …
… of what I want to speak about today. Our economies have for centuries been moulded according to a male model. While … pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to … intelligence is increasingly becoming part of our day-to-day lives. Already, 10 % of the EU population has done …
… New evidence from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows that artificial intelligence … ride hailing. AI is also increasingly becoming part of our day-to-day lives, so it is good the EU is drawing up … can pose a particular threat to those caring for small children. In platform work, there is a higher share of men …
… EU countries aren’t keen and have been blocking the law for almost a decade now. It looks odd, this world, doesn’t … significantly more likely to take career breaks to take care of children. This can eat into the time they are able to … but I have one. And should she herself become a mother one day, I would not want her to be judged on those terms. How to …
… and work-life balance”. The European Parliament has called for the “right to disconnect” from work. This is a good … talking about the work of raising children, of taking care of ageing parents, of cooking three meals a day. This work is not paid and you won’t find it in …
… event was organised in cooperation with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments. The speech opened up … I believe we should be taking away from the data. That is: care is critical to our economies and to our lives. It seems … the EU, a spectacular 79 % of women do housework every day, compared to 34 % of men. Well, during the pandemic, …
… this speech at an event titled Gender Equality As a Driver for Recovery, organised by the Portuguese Presidency of the … European Union on 5 March 2021. With International Women’s Day just around the corner, and the EU set to roll out its … Women working in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy …
… is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour … market, according to a study by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid … care work. Across the EU, they spend 90 minutes more per day than employed men on unpaid care. ‘’The benefits of …
… it means to self-quarantine, work from home, home-school children, lose a job or even a loved one. Each person’s situation is different, but for sure, the coronavirus will reveal the different realities … working around the clock and putting themselves at risk to carefor patients. Most of the nurses and healthcare workers …
… Virginija Langbakk, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality. The results also reveal interesting … go in the domain of time, with 51.1 % of women caring forchildren or grandchildren, older people or people with disabilities every day, in comparison with 24.6 % of men. In the EU it is 37.5 % …
… from 3.5 % in Romania to 25.6 % in Estonia. The awards for the smallest pay gaps go to Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, … Malta and Poland spent the most time: up to 3.2 hours per day. Women in France, Finland and Sweden spent the least … % of 15-to-64 year old inactive women are inactive forcare reasons, i.e. looking after dependents (children or …
… latest Gender Equality Index from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows that the EU’s score for … are rising in the EU, which pushes up demand for long-term care services for older people and people with disabilities. … Follow us on Twitter for tweets and updates throughout the day, using the hashtag #EIGEIndex The Gender Equality Index …
… Barriers to education, employment and health services for persons with disabilities must be removed,” said … EIGE’s director in the lead up to the international day of persons with disabilities. Accessing education is more … EU, women do the bulk of the cooking, household tasks and care work. This situation is mirrored among persons with …
… and enjoy leisure time? We use infrastructure every day, often without even realising. It underpins our lives and is essential for the functioning of a society. It is also an effective … transport and take on caring responsibilities for young children. They would therefore benefit more from buses with a …
… despite improvements in policy, the work-life balance for men and women remains unequal in Europe. The research … the hours that they work in order to provide informal care. One third of women who curtail their employment in … age spend three times longer than men on childcare per day. Women in full time employment who are also fulfilling a …
… 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.EIGE’s list of 100 Inequalitiesillustrate that we are … remains an issue. Women are in general not paid equally for the same job as men, women are not equally represented in … point [3]. 13. Around 30% of working-age women with care responsibilities are either economically inactive or …