… EU. Though the full effects of the pandemic on people’s health are not clear, they are likely to be far-reaching. By … and men are affected by COVID-19 in terms of infection and health outcomes. It also examines some of the gendered … including large-scale job losses – and much more unpaid care work for women during the pandemic have been put forward …
… to acute trade-offs in dividing time between paid work, care duties and leisure activities (EIGE, 2021c). With restrictions largely preventing external care services or help from grandparents, friends and … isolation and increased time spent at home, combined with health and financial stressors, are thought to account for a …
… among ‘essential’ workers, including in the health and care sectors, victim support services, education and food … to manage the dual burden of increased workload and more care duties (Duarte et al., 2020). Jobs losses during the …
… Gender inequalities in health Gender differences in health status Overall, women tend to report worse health than … would find it difficult to pay for unexpected dental care (41 % of women and 35 % of men), mental health services …
… negative in the long term. An enormous increase in unpaid care during the COVID-19 crisis – particularly by women – has … in the sector. By March 2021, only one in four EU health ministers and 4 out of 10 junior/vice ministers were women. Domain of health The domain of health, although having the highest …
… able to take a few hours off during a working day to take care of personal or family matters and a Career Prospect … For example, women continue to dominate the education, health and social work employment sectors, even in countries … women’s and men’s participation in the education, human health and social work sectors. Quality of work is measured …
… Findings from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 1-17. Abubakar, I., Aldridge, R. W., … doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32114-7 Addati, A. (2018). Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work. …
… that the crisis would be short-lived. As the toll on human health and lives has grown, the intertwined social, economic and health dimensions of our lives have come into sharp relief. … and injuries, health-related behaviours and access to care differ between women and men. Gender-biased health …
… employment, income, education, power distribution, unpaid care and health. Therefore, it has an essential place in gender … inequalities experienced by women in the fields of work, health, money, power, education and time use. From this point …
… in all areas, despite progress in recent decades. In the health domain [1] , these include major disparities in life expectancy and self-assessed health status. There are also large gender differences in … eating fruit and vegetables. Access to health and dental care also reveals disparities, especially when gender is …
… upwards trend in the proportion of men studying education, health and welfare, humanities and the arts has plateaued, as … due to need to continue working despite increased care responsibilities at home. Tackling gender norms and … empirical evidence highlights how education impacts health by affecting behaviour, including the use of …
… work is greater since they balance paid jobs and unpaid care work to a greater extent than men (see Chapter 2, … income, are crucial social determinants of the health of both women and men. A higher income supports improvement in health, and better health enables an individual to earn a …
… in the world of work, with unequal distribution of care, family and other household duties a major barrier to … between paid and unpaid work, and between the economic and health spheres. Critical to people’s lives, work also impacts well-being and health through social, physical and psychosocial hazards, …
… from 83.9 points in Sweden to 52.6 points in Greece. “Health is the state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing. Equal access to good quality health services, including sexual and reproductive health and … distress, economic uncertainty and an increase in unpaid care work for women, led couples to delay having children -- …
… six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It finds that it was achievements in the domain of … is achieved in both paid and unpaid work. Workers in the care sector, who are mostly women and proved vital for our … working conditions. Improving the conditions and status of care work could also attract more men to these jobs, which …