… with you today, and many thanks to the Belgian Presidency for including in today’s discussions a focus on gender-equal … that have traditionally been occupied by women like unpaid care or professional care jobs. Today, the labour market is … children under 12 years old spend at least 5 hours per day on childcare, compared to 26 % of men. This is a deep …
… in its fastest-growing sector? Ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, let’s take … in working in the green sector. Where women account for 22 % of workers in the conventional energy sector in the … EIGE’s Gender Equality Index also explores how jobs in care, health and education should also be the focus of a just …
… ministers and dear colleagues, I’d first like to thank you for this kind invitation to be here today and to thank our … in law enforcement. The other week, it was International Day of Women in multilateralism – a day to actively advocate … conflict, insecurity and threats differently. Women and children face displacement from their homes while men may …
… 14/12/2023: COP28 has come to an end – 198 countries call for gender-responsive approaches while fighting climate … a prominent part of COP28 – for the first time a ‘gender day’ took place during COP. The urgency to have gender … in terms of the number of women working in STEM and men in care professions. And in the EU’s energy sector, for example, …
… Marking 10 years of commitment and advocacy for domestic and home care in the EU, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele gave an … than women perceive facing work-life tensions nearly every day. If we look at cooking and/or housework every day and …
… evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities shows that 91% of … Equality Index 2023) finds that more intensive childcare for smaller children – like bathing, feeding and changing … for needing to be a father in the middle of the working day. Promising payoffs In the EU, as well as globally, there …
… Unpaid care is often taken for granted. It's simply done without question as a labour of … twice as many women spend at least 5 hours every day caring forchildren than men. Women and men in employment …
… equality through enabling a better work-life balance. For example, allowing people with childcare responsibilities, … because it is often performed outside the regular working day , though more often by men than by women. As many as 36 % … who perform high levels of household work, childcare or carefor disabled, elderly or infirm persons. Just over half …
… Ahead of International Women's Day, EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele participated in an … get things done over an 8-9 hour period – or perhaps more for some of us. Then you reverse the process: You’re back on … evidence proves that women take on the brunt of unpaid care compared to men – from childcare through to domestic …
… feminist meeting ‘We Call It Feminism: Feminism for a better world’ on 25 February addressing new ways to revolutionise the care system. Good afternoon to you all. It’s wonderful to be … 40% of women and 21% of men spend more than 5 hours per day on providing informal childcare to their own children. …
… Council in Brussels on 8 December 2022 on why the European Care Strategy offers much needed hope for the future. Dear Chair, dear Ministers, Thank you to the … likely than men to be involved in childcare throughout the day - from the crack of dawn through to bedtime. No wonder …
… pandemic’s parameters have eased, the occasion was calling for us to bring EU institutions, Member States as well as EU … and also for many, homes became improvised schools and day-care centres. The situation was surreal. And I am sure it is …
… interconnections between changes in unpaid and paid work for women and men during the pandemic, the role of government … of a questionnaire which explores the share of informal care in the household for two time periods, before the … caring for their children/grandchildren (aged 0-11) every dayfor 4 hours or more during the pandemic (%, 20–64, EU, …
… in 2010. Given that the Gender Equality Index 2022 focuses for the first time mainly on data from the first pandemic … background were at an even higher risk. An uptick in care responsibilities An uptick in overall care … this backdrop, EIGE is organising for the first time a two-day Gender Equality Forum in Brussels and online. The aim is …
… how the generation of tomorrow can be better equipped for the future at the Europe of Tomorrow conference in Prague … stand and why. Let me take you back to a typical day, not too long ago, during the height of lockdown. You … for the parents, a primary school for the twins, a day-carefor the two-year old and with whatever space remains, …
… High-level Conference on Work-Life balance as a leverage for women’s empowerment and promoting gender equality, … the private space – they completed domestic tasks provided careforchildren and elderly, and were generally excluded from …