… Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Economy Women still remain the main carers of … specifically focus on the topic of the reconciliation of workandfamily life as a condition of equal participation in the …
… example of a campaign to change awareness about women’s and men’s roles in the family. The campaign used electronic and social media to … raise awareness about the unequal distribution of domestic workand to highlight and stimulate debate about the unequal …
… Office (GEO), part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DfCMS). It provides a simple step-by-step … Countries that have limited options for supporting work-family reconciliation would benefit from the flexible working …
… through various channels, opinion surveys are carried out and quarterly meetings are held. The company has a crèche and … leave each year. In some circumstances employees can work from home. The company has a person who coordinates … activities as part of a team that implements the ‘family friendly enterprise’ certificate and related …
… national awareness raising campaign targeted at SMEs and employed parents. The main theme was fatherhood and … care responsibilities is a key issue for reconciliation of workandfamily life. The campaign promoted reconciliation and tried …
… initiated by the Gender Unit of the national Employment and Training Corporation and was embedded in national policy … reduce the care gap and promote men’s active role in the family, with a view to enhancing women’s employment … in the family, and finally encouraged employers to improve work-life balance by highlighting best practice and the …
… In brief The Family Audit Certification was initiated in 2008 by the … Province of Trento through its Agency for Family, Birth and Youth Policies. The regional project commenced in 2012, … an audit, each organisation develops a three-year FamilyWork-Life Balance Plan listing actions that the organisation …
… publications have organised a competition to find the family-friendliest firm in the country, and since 2009 the government has given financial support … under its action plan to improve the reconciliation of workandfamily life (2011-2015). The competition raises …
… company TDC, which is the largest telephone, broadband, and television company in Denmark, has since 2002 had a … In Denmark there is in general a strong focus on balancing work, familyand private lives. The policy context regarding …
… a community of interest between trade unions, employers and businesses, aims to exchange experiences across … outside standard working times, so that parents can work flexible hours. This is much needed, since the Danish … single parents have insufficient flexible time in their family life due to the time structuring of childcare. The …
… In brief The Bosch company, an engineering and electronics multinational based near Stuttgart, employs … and awareness-raising activities on the reconciliation for workandfamily life, which are embedded in a strong culture of …
… persist. They are the result of discriminatory norms and attitudes, the unequal distribution of care … stable. The slow tempo of changes in the sharing of unpaid work represents a serious constraint for women’s equal access … in: employment rate. part-time work. unpaid care andfamily responsibilities. access to rights and assets …
… of the Beijing Platform for Action in the area F: Women and the Economy Despite various policies and measures for the … care responsibilities account for the main reason women work far longer hours than men. As a result this limits women’s prospects to a balanced working andfamily life. In December 1995, the European Council …