… that have traditionally been occupied by women like unpaid care or professional care jobs. Today, the labour market is as gender-segregated … see more men in care-related roles, supported by parental leave, giving both parents the same opportunities to engage …
… in the labour market. But are there robust enough care services in place as a means for freedom of choice for … of parliament are explicitly entitled to take maternity leave. And when it comes to paternity leave, only nine Member States have provisions. Women in …
… prevention and treatment, obstetric and gynecological care, psychological counselling, and safe abortion and post-abortion care. These services are considered a bare medical minimum … health providers or delays in receiving necessary care. In the most extreme cases, women and girls fleeing the …
… expertise to worry that the environmental revolution will leave them behind. Here one leading expert explains why we … EIGE’s Gender Equality Index also explores how jobs in care, health and education should also be the focus of a just … be achieved without ‘greening’ health, education and care sectors. Esther launched the Circular Jobs Initiative …
… fields, remain, male-dominated. An unequal share of unpaid care also prevents women from accessing career opportunities. … seven spend on average 20 more hours each week on unpaid care than men. This is a wakeup call. Which, thankfully, has been answered by the European Commission’s care strategy to strengthen long-term care and early …
… gender pay gap. During the pandemic, an increased unpaid care burden combined with women’s greater tendency towards … situations where women take the lion’s share of parental leave. Not sharing the parental leave leads to increase of pay and pension gaps and limits …
… the private space – they completed domestic tasks provided care for children and elderly, and were generally excluded … My husband’s company did not offer him generous paternity leave, and my company did not offer me flexibility in my … for me to continuing working? I realise that the growing care burdens and inflexibility of my employers leave me no …
… do they make? How do current laws enable them to take care of children raised in a family while leading fulfilling … in the European Union. First, let me start with parental leave. This is a right that is still much more likely to be … the birth of each child, shows the impact of this unpaid care work on women’s lives. The best way to neutralise these …