… 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 …
… EU policy framework: employment, income, education, unpaid care, decision-making, health. The analysis is complemented … first time, the Index incorporates EIGE’s survey data on care. This data sheds new light on the domain of time, which … looks at gender inequalities in the allocation of time to care, domestic work, leisure and social activities. This …
… background were at an even higher risk. An uptick in care responsibilities An uptick in overall care responsibilities during the pandemic was revealed … on critical aspects related to the time spent on unpaid care. However, the increase was not evenly distributed …
… which this year focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and care – published this October 2022. “This is the kind of … when it is not fairly shared or when good and affordable care systems do not exist”, says EIGE’S Director, Carlien … Scheele. The report takes a deep dive into three types of care – childcare, long-term care and housework – and assesses …
… in the workplace. These ideas lead me to my second topic. Care. Care responsibilities should never cause anyone to leave … And during the pandemic home and work merged into one. Care responsibilities exploded. Covid recovery plans must …
… pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to … to a full-time job over the course of a year. This unpaid care work that is essential to our economies. The children … of our pensions. No wonder then, that the value of unpaid care work has been estimated to be around 9 trillion euros …
… 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 …
… The survey collected data on the thematic areas of unpaid care, paid work, services, support and well-being. The data … in paid and unpaid work driven by workplace, school and care facility closures due to lockdown measures? What changes … How did the amount of household work, including care, change due to the COVID-19 crisis and did this lead to …
… pay gap and women’s disproportionate burden of unpaid care. This report focuses on BPfA Area F, ‘Women and the … inequalities in pay are linked to gender inequalities in care in Europe. The analysis aims to contribute to important … policy discussions on the gender pay gap and gender care gap. Further reading Factsheet: Gender inequalities in …
… EU, only two out of ten ICT jobs are held by women. In the care sector, there is a lack of men. They make up just 15 % of workers in nursing, midwifery and personal care in health services. The digital world and the future of …