… the gender pay and pension gap, closing the gender care gap, and achieving gender balance in decision-making and … security, in pregnancy and maternity and on family-related leave and flexible working arrangements for parents and … parents responsible and entitled when it comes to family care. It focuses mainly on a broad approach in order to …
… men, as priority was given to healthcare and residential care workers – both groups mostly composed of women. At the … within 30 days of COVID-19 diagnosis and of intensive care unit admission were also higher among men (Kragholm et … occupational segregation is a key reason why women nurses leave the profession (WHO, 2019c). With significant exposure …
… unequally shared of the three most common forms of unpaid care, the other two being childcare and long-term care for older people and people with disabilities and other … (Figure 15), demonstrating an enduring imbalance in unpaid care responsibilities within families [2] . Research shows …
… for example, to access unemployment or parental leave benefits. The type of income support women receive, … job market, as well as their disproportionate burden of care duties. Gender-sensitive recovery needs to address the gender pay gap by promoting equal share of care responsibilities and by better valorising those working …
… doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32114-7 Addati, A. (2018). Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work. Retrieved from … Fernández-Kranz, D., and Nollenberger, N. (2020). Can’t Leave You Now! Intimate Partner Violence under Forced …
… to disease, health-related behaviours and access to care. Employment status influences people’s physical and … means that access to affordable and high-quality long-term care is increasingly important. The European Pillar of Social … through universal health coverage, providing careleave to improve work–life balance and expanding educational …
… life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care is increasingly regarded as a determinant of health. … in the labour force and easing their burden of care – such as policies to improve public services or to increase fathers’ access and take-up of parental leave entitlements – link to lower levels of gender …
… in the world of work, with unequal distribution of care, family and other household duties a major barrier to … jobs or substantially reducing paid work time to meet care needs. This has consequences for personal income, … and reskilling opportunities (EIGE, 2019e). For men, care and family duties are not a structural constraint to …
… of promotions for the year to make sure that parental leave and part-time working do not negatively impact … it once you are there. Encourage men to take parental leave . Eliminate sexism from meetings by: asking all …
… story “When my organisation introduced a maternity leave policy, they said they had no budget for paternity leave. I had to take unpaid leave.” Dimitry, Diplomatic … part-time jobs or wish to reduce their hours to provide care have also been found to face discrimination [8] . …
… professional fields . While women are over-represented in care and pre-primary education, men dominate politics and … informal expectations around who is responsible for unpaid care work . Although around 77 % of men aged 20–49 are eligible for parental leave in the EU (actually a higher share than women), only …
… in platform work, with the imbalanced division of care between women and men restricting women’s choices more … structural bias in the gender division of unpaid work and care responsibilities, restricting women’s choices in the … those who are working fewer hours, particularly women with care responsibilities, and those with poor health. A study of …
… the only option for people to combine substantial unpaid care responsibilities (primarily taken on by women) with paid … work–life balance and opportunities to combine care and work responsibilities, while men are more likely to … of some work and social protections (e.g. parental leave) for gender equality. The rest of this section briefly …
… (2020). Mortality associated with COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes: early international evidence. International Long Term Care Policy Network . Retrieved from … EIGE. (2020c). Eligibility for parental leave in EU Member States . Retrieved from …
… strong political will to facilitate better distribution of care and household work between women and men. Among the … right to flexible working arrangements for workers with care responsibilities, carer’s leave, parental leave and increased job protection. The …