… Data collected from all EU Member States found that 42% of women and 38% of men are involved in unpaid caregiving activities, such as caring for children, older family members, or people with disabilities. Between … are providing care for (e.g., people with disabilities, older people, children), regardless of their age, please tell …
… work which ultimately leaves people feeling insecure – women especially? EIGE’s latest evidence in its ‘Gender … work allows for multiple and parallel commitments like women balancing childcare with work. At the same time though, … in platform work to gain income while women aged 25 and older are more likely than men to engage in platform work in …
… that remains heavily gender-segregated. - being more women than men in sectors characterised by lower pay, status, … for disadvantaged groups of women, including younger and olderwomen, single parents with dependent children, and … people. For instance, women and men with disabilities and olderwomen and men reported higher unmet need for medical …
… topic of the meeting was "An ambitious future for Europe's women after COVID-19: mental load, gender equality in … in the EU, and I would venture to say in the world, women do the vast majority of this type of work. During the … services. These need to exist for children, as well as for older people, and those with disabilities. Many people in the …
… some than for others. Healthcare workers, lone parents, older people, migrant workers, delivery drivers, artists, … paid or unpaid, and its unequal distribution between women and men is one of them. This needs to be put at the … to attempts to reduce the importance of civil society and women’s rights organisations, through the use of smear …
… reminded us just how difficult and dangerous it is for the women who live with a violent partner. The important matter … and their families at risk to care for patients. Women are potentially more at risk of infection because they … such as informal caring for people with a disability or older people. As we have seen during this pandemic, our …
… Scheele delivered this at an event of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) titled We are strong: Women leading the fight against Covid-19 on 4 March 2021. The … obvious: we need carers to raise children, to take care of older people and those with disabilities, and those who are …
… be paid the same, regardless of who’s doing it. And yet, women are still paid on average 14 % less per hour than men. … Our data shows that the gender pay gap actually widens the olderwomen get, with having a child and getting married both … Last, affordable care services, for children and for older people, would help both women and men in the workplace. …
… of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on 17 March 2021. The event was organised by … European Union, the European Commission and the European Women’s Lobby. I want to start with a mental exercise. Let’s … value to the economy. Children are future taxpayers and older people would be looked after by the state if not by …
… In the EU, 95 % of domestic cleaners and helpers are women. When it comes to those who provide professional care at home, 83 % are women. And that’s just the figures that are declared. I am … no longer be able to provide free-of charge care for their older relatives in the home. Instead, the state would have to …