… Labour Organization (2016), Decent Work and the Care Economy. Available at: Decent work and the care economy | International Labour Organization (ilo.org) … Labour Organization (2016), Decent Work and the Care Economy. Available at: …
… across Europe during the lockdowns, a new form of unpaid care emerged. The move to online schooling created yet … more often than fathers. Constant distractions and extra care responsibilities for women lowers their productivity and … of the COVID-19 pandemic (report) Gender inequalities in care and consequences for the labour market (report) Gender …
… working around the clock and putting themselves at risk to care for patients. Most of the nurses and healthcare workers … and one in four men (24 %) work in precarious jobs. Unpaid care work will increase Even without a crisis, caring … the EU, nearly a quarter of households depend on informal care from relatives or friends. As physical distancing and …
… equality as women continue to be the main providers of care. While unpaid care work is indispensable to the wellbeing of individuals … part time. More women (19.7 %) than men (14.9 %) provide care for older persons and persons with disabilities, …
… labour market, reflecting the disproportionate weight of care duties on mothers. This leads to women’s predominant … % of women and 23 % of men aged 20-49, are ineligible for parental leave, with four Member States providing universal access to parental leave. When only the employed population is …
… a better work—life balance so that they are more able to care for children or dependent relatives (Akgunduz & … linked to the design of national public policies, such as parental leave, which provide highly varied employee … Section 9.2). For example, parents in Sweden can use their parental-leave entitlements to shorten their working hours …
… to quality and sustainable public infrastructure such as care and educational facilities, health services and … interplay between mobility, out-of-home activities, care responsibilities and paid work underscores the critical … and needs. Traditional gender roles assigning women to care work, paid or unpaid, result in women using and …
… affect gender roles, particularly in the division of care work at home, is key to progress on gender equality. … by parents and by well-qualified and well-compensated non-parental caregivers’ (Wright, Gornick, & Meyers, 2009). … impact of a variety of family-friendly measures (including parental leave, flexible working arrangements, childcare …
… Rising long-term care needs keenly felt by women The EU is currently … to an ever-growing need for long-term formal and informal care. In 2017, one in four people in the EU had a long-term … LTC needs in a financially sustainable way, ensuring care is affordable without endangering the quality of …
… Parental-leave conditions may help or hinder gender equality … time-limited job protection to enable an employee to care for their new-born child, and afterwards return to work … the most common being maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and leave to care for children who are ill …
… is based on three broad areas: paid work, unpaid work (care), and education and training. It presents 15 indicators in six specific areas of concern: parental-leave policies; informal care for older people, people with disabilities and LTC …
… age groups. The age cohort most likely to do unpaid care work every day is that of 25-49-year-olds, the group … children. Altogether, 61 % of women of this age group care for others every day compared to 39 % of men. In fact, women spend more time in care work than men throughout their life. The gender gap …
… they receive. Although women’s shouldering of unpaid care duties is often perceived as a ‘family’ choice, poverty … to redress gender inequalities in the division of unpaid care work. High at-risk-of-poverty rates also remain evident …
… mothers living in couples. The disproportionate weight of care duties on mothers limits their participation in or … with the peak times for family formation and increasing care duties — be it for children, grandchildren or those who … gender-sensitive opportunities for the equal sharing of care duties in our societies ( see Chapter 9 ). Figure 12: …
… cuts across three broad areas: paid work, unpaid work (care), and education and training. It presents indicators in six specific areas: parental-leave policies; informal care for older adults or people with disabilities, as well as …
… but are under-represented in others, such as teaching and care work. Women’s disproportionate responsibility for care … example, there should not be a care gap between the end of parental-leave provision and publicly subsidised high-quality … the gender inequalities that are caused and reproduced by parental-leave policy rules. While the parental leave …
… debated issue in the EU. Besides the need for self-care and care for others, it implies the negotiation of boundaries … establishes ‘minimum requirements related to paternity, parental and carers’ leave and to flexible working …
… and socioeconomic changes are increasing the demand for care workers, predominantly women trapped in low-quality jobs … progression through better sharing of both women and men’s parental and caring responsibilities (European Commission, …
… gender equality is a special focus of this year’s Index. Parental leave is one of the important policy measures to … the EU, 28 % of women and 20 % of men are ineligible for parental leave. Access to affordable and good quality … are rising in the EU, which pushes up demand for long-term care services for older people and people with disabilities. …