… occupations and improved terms and conditions for women and men workers throughout the care sector Results … time in care-related activities Increased employment for women and men in formal care work Improved terms and … workers in the care sector Increased women’s, including migrantwomen’s, access to, and hours in paid work Increased …
… [1] The EU's approach to gender equality Equality between women and men is recognised by the EU as a fundamental … of the European Union [4] (TFEU) call for equality between women and men. Article 8 of the TFEU, for example, explicitly … European Agenda on Migration [13] , addressing barriers to migrantwomen’s employment and helping Member States to make …
… of dual-earning and single-headed families as more women work outside of the home and not all families have … While certain policy options may promote equality between women and men by increasing the labour-market participation … independence of women from lower social classes or migrant backgrounds, thus aggravating inequalities among …
… Rising long-term care needs keenly felt by women The EU is currently experiencing unprecedented … one in four people in the EU had a long-term disability, women (27 %) more than men (22 %) [2] . Given this context, … highlights the increasing role of domestic workers, often migrantwomen, in the provision of LTC at home in several EU …
… and various labour-market outcomes, such as increased women’s participation in the labour market and reduced gender … with childcare services. These all impact the behaviour of women and men taking leave and their participation in the … as the other parent. Finland requires non-EU nationals and migrant parents to be living in the country for 180 days …
… Across the EU, women and men report similar level of access to medical and dental examination in 2017: 97 % of women and men reported no unmets need for medical … in access requirements for health services (WHO, 2018). Migrant and refugee women may face additional problems …
… Despite growing population income and women’s continuing gains in education and employment, gender … ensure poverty is mostly concentrated in families where women are the sole earners. In 2017, 35 % of lone mothers in … born outside the EU (32 % for both genders) [2] . Among migrant households, gender gaps in at-risk-of-poverty rates …
… Being a parent continues to hinder women, but not men, in the labour market. FTE employment rates of women with children were around 60 % (Figure 12) regardless … 2014 and 2017, worsening an already worrying situation. Migrantwomen, moreover, are disproportionately engaged in …