… on Equality forum, which was a part of the conference Women's economic empowerment: key to gender equality hosted … centuries been moulded according to a male model. While women have always worked, it has until quite recently only … power, but in a majority of those caring for children and older people. They are left out of entire sectors of the …
… Scheele delivered this at an event of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) titled We are strong: Women leading the fight against Covid-19 on 4 March 2021. The … obvious: we need carers to raise children, to take care of older people and those with disabilities, and those who are …
… ages. Most professionals in the formal care sector are women and their working conditions are often very demanding. … shortage of home-based long-term care services mean that women often pick up the burden of unpaid care at home. This … activities due to health problems, especially as they get older. This is why they need long-term care more than men. 52 …
… at different aspects of long-term care that determine women’s and men’s opportunities to access long-term care … Children with disabilities, adults with disabilities and older people are the three groups of (potential) care …