… many of us will also be carers at some point in our lives. Change seems to be afoot in a number of countries, with the … achieve this, EIGE is calling for a European Strategy on Social Care to ensure that the right to receive care, which is enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights, actually becomes a reality. This would ensure …
… workers not protected by labour laws, nor eligible for social security. Many domestic workers come from a different … must be included in all national labour, healthcare, social care and anti-discrimination laws. Informal workers … the labour market, we could be seeing the first winds of change. We recently conducted a study that has not been …
… 1995, including those brought by digitalisation, climate change, and a mounting backlash against gender equality. … weaker legal protection are less likely to qualify for social security benefits accumulate fewer pension rights and … domestic caring responsibilities, for example nursing and social work. Migrant women particularly are over-represented …
… Environment and climate change is a hot topic across the globe and it is crucial that … head (secretary general / managing director). In EU-level social partner organisations working in sectors related to … poorly represented in top positions on both sides of the social dialogue. Women account for 19.5 % of members (of the …
… expect to live, on average, if current death rates do not change. As a main indicator of human longevity, life … for Europe, 2018). Education – one of the most documented social determinants of life expectancy – is used to measure the impact of social and economic status on longevity. Here, too, men are …
… as heavy drinking and smoking [1] . Gender is an important social determinant of health, shaping and reproducing how … adulthood are established (Currie, 2016). Physical and social activity have been proven to be positively associated … backgrounds (Nicola et al., 2020). Dietary behavioural change during the pandemic has been noted in women, but not …
… score has risen by 1.1 points since 2010, and has seen no change since 2018. The largest gender inequalities are found … population groups, gender clearly intersects with other social factors to hamper access to health. Certain groups are … that they have felt discriminated against by healthcare or social services staff in the preceding 12 months because they …
… and 2019, and of 19.8 points in total since 2010. This change was triggered by binding legislative measures and … positions across the political, economic and social spheres. The subdomain of political power looks at the … companies and national central banks. The subdomain of social power includes data on decision-making in research …
… continued reliance on 2016 data. This has resulted in no change to the score for the domain of time [1] since the 2020 … the domain of power. Gender inequality is higher in the social activities subdomain, with a score of 61 points in … care subdomain and a drop of 4 points in the score for the social activities subdomain. These trends are important to …
… growing gender inequalities in time spent in caring and social activities. Lack of data means that the latest … collecting EU-wide data on time spent on unpaid care and social activities by women and men. The domain of work, … where the increase has been around 1 point. The pace of change in the remaining 11 countries has been slow, with …
… women continue to dominate the education, health and social work employment sectors, even in countries … the largest of any EU country. Nevertheless, the annual change was lower than in 2018, when there was a gain of … and men’s participation in the education, human health and social work sectors. Quality of work is measured by flexible …