… 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 … services. This was overdue relief. Especially given thestate of play on gender gaps in care. I’ll give you a few …
… women in Luxembourg due to small sample size . Based on the above graph, we see that as many as 30 % of women and 28 … in combining work with care responsibilities on most of the weekdays. Unpaid care in the Member States There are significant variations in thestate of unpaid care across the EU. Malta, Portugal, Latvia, …
… hours, potentially increasing their participation in the labour market. EIGE’s survey of platform workers in 10 … to 28% of men. Yet their experiences indicate that the anticipated flexibility is not always delivered in … had worked on digital platforms at least occasionally in the past six months, approximately a third experienced …
… specific tasks or services. This note explores some of the characteristics of platform work for those with childcare … 10 Member States (DK, ES, FR, LV, NL, PL, RO, SI, SK, FI). The survey had a sample of around 5000 platform workers. Based on the survey sample, on average 57% of women and 50% of men …
… The platform work economy comes with great strengths. The ability to work where you want and how you want is a significant motivator for people who have grown tired of the 9-5 rigidity and seek more diversity in their career …
… The freshly launched Gender Equality Index 2022 reveals that … 0.6-point increase since last year's edition. As a result, the EU average score now stands at 68.6 out of 100 points, only 5.5 points higher than in 2010. Given that the Gender Equality Index 2022 focuses for the first time …
… Working women earn on average 13% less than men for doing the same job. Pay secrecy is helping mask deeper … and other social benefits. And women continue to pay the price for this well into retirement, with pensions 37% … lower than men’s. If we fail to respond to challenges in the labour market, including women tending to work fewer …
… new policies are helping improve gender equality for the people of Spain. But the country’s leading voice on women’s rights admits, “we … States across the EU. Introduce a more comprehensive State care system. Eliminate gender gaps in the labour …
… it comes at a price. Director Carlien Scheele identified the high price we face if we do not achieve gender equality … inevitable about gender inequality. Gender relations, the same as all inequalities, are not fixed, but malleable. … gender perspectives. We have made astonishing progress in the last 50 or so years, unravelling piece by piece these …
… look like contributed to pushing 7.7 million women out of the workforce across the EU. And this was even before the … to slowly but surely chip away at these stereotypes. Thestate has another role to play. We need affordable, … both partners in a family unit can work reduced hours, thestate could top up their salaries and pension contribution, …