… 10 years of commitment and advocacy for domestic and home care in the EU, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele gave an address at the Domestic and Home Care EU Congress on 14 November 2023 hosted by the European Federation for Family Employment and Home Care at the EGG Center in Brussels Good morning to the …
… women also assume most of the domestic work and 70% of all care tasks. We're a long way from an equal sharing of … and opportunities between women and men when it comes to care and domestic work. Spain’s Instituto de las Mujeres … crisis, women are threatened. The astonishing overload of care work and destruction of employment has particularly …
… of Bulgaria. As our societies age and more people require care, an increasing number of women may find themselves … the most difficulty juggling work, home-schooling and care. If a shift towards telework does indeed end up being … home will encourage them to take on a bigger share of the care load. This would be the most powerful way to end …
… significantly more likely to take career breaks to take care of children. This can eat into the time they are able to … EU are kept out of paid work because they are providing care. To put that into perspective, that is about equal to … well as a healthy work-life balance, men should be taking care of children just as much as women are. Governments may …