… be cared for at some point in our lives. Professional care work is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often … poor contracts that provide little security. Unpaid care work, the type of work most of us have relied on to make it past our 10th …
… in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy job losses, … the EU, it is no secret that the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women. Well, women’s care work really exploded during the pandemic, with online …
… on being a strong ally of the Council of Europe. In our work on gender-based violence, we focus especially on … We also look beyond the police and justice sector in our work. We have carried out interviews with witnesses of …
… 1957, we’ve been signed up to the principle that equal work of equal value should be paid the same, regardless of … less than men because they hold less senior positions, work in fields with lower pay, and spend significantly more … women are concentrated in poorly paid fields like care work, while men dominate highly paid fields like ICT, is a …
… pandemic, with 7.7 million women unable to take up paid work because they were taking care of children and ageing parents. Although this unpaid care work doesn’t show up in governments’ balance sheets, it has … not by their families. Globally, the value of unpaid care work has been estimated at around 9 trillion euros each …
… how we can bring more gender equality into the domestic work sector. Let’s start with the obvious. The rights of … were women. Because the official data is clear: domestic work is predominantly done by women. The same is true of … have been the only way you’ve been able to take up paid work. Because otherwise you would have been doing it …
… 2012 (25.5 % women, 74.5 % men). Four European agencies 2 work in transport related areas. Men hold 6 of the 8 top … for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), which does not cover work on the transport sector. This data on transport …
… the power of legal texts to improve people’s lives. In her work for EIGE, Kasia always made sure to highlight how much … those around her. The same passion she had for her work, she had for life after the office shut its doors. She …
… It looks at gender equality in the EU in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It finds that … that greater equality is achieved in both paid and unpaid work. Workers in the care sector, who are mostly women and … conditions. Improving the conditions and status of care work could also attract more men to these jobs, which are …
… ways. How common was burn out among parents combining paid work, online home-schooling and household chores? What about … and men and levels of achievement in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health, and their …
… in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy job losses. … is most needed,” said Carlien Scheele, EIGE’s Director . Work-life balance pressures have increased for women The … a digital workforce, but teleworking has also heightened work-life balance conflicts, especially for women with young …
… Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care … women also do more than their fair share of unpaid care work. Across the EU, they spend 90 minutes more per day than … men on unpaid care. ‘’The benefits of dividing care work more evenly are clear. Countries with a more equal …