… by Luxembourg's Ministry for Equality Between Women and Men on 7 March 2022. She emphasised the need to put gender … congratulating the Ministry for Equality between Women and Men for launching Luxembourg’s very own national Observatoire … different consequences of the Covid pandemic on women and men. To identify such differences, we need data. EIGE, the …
… eligible for parental leave. That’s because there are more men than women in employment, which is often a prerequisite … quality for children, I dare say it would bring in more men. As we see in later years education, men are willing to work in sectors dominated by women, as …
… type of work really exploded. Everyone was doing more: men as well as women. However, our research shows that women … a stop to these worsening inequalities between women and men? I will highlight four main points. The first change we need is in the home. To give men the opportunity to care for their children right from day …
… European Council meetings being made up almost entirely of men…these realities have been around for so long, many people … decisions about how to respond to the pandemic were mainly men. In the EU, the majority of government ministers are men. In some countries, the figure is over 90 %. This means …
… lead 90 % of the EU’s biggest companies. The share of men in boardrooms is at an all-time high, with almost one in … you’ve guessed, the reality is precisely the reverse, with men dominating leadership positions across business, as well … boards. We know it because, surely, we don’t believe that men are somehow better suited to leadership than women? And …
… 79 % of women do housework every day, compared to 34 % of men. Teleworking during Covid-19 made the situation worse, … and housework. Otherwise, inequality between women and men will only widen. The first change we need is in the home. Women and men should share care tasks equally. To achieve this, …
… women are still paid on average 14 % less per hour than men. At the European Institute for Gender Equality, we … behind the gender pay gap. Women are paid less than men because they hold less senior positions, work in fields … most highly educated women. Little surprise then, that men keep being chosen to lead companies and countries. Or …
… to start with this mental exercise to show that women and men didn’t enter this crisis on an equal footing, and that … We are already seeing larger shares of women than men leaving the labour market completely. Out of people who … a job in the second quarter of 2020, compared with 33 % of men. These figures are much higher than in 2019. Just as 7.7 …
… for free instead. There was no suggestion that retired men should be taking on some of care load, or that the state … who should be treated well. We will also be needing more men to join these professions if we are to satisfy demand. … and other home services via online platforms are men. This is obviously dramatically different to the 5 % of …
… work and childcare increased significantly. Even though men doubled their share of household work, women still … did not return to paid employment to the same extent that men did. This could indicate that women might suffer longer financial consequences from the pandemic than men. The survey collected data on the thematic areas of …