… pay gap and women’s disproportionate burden of unpaid care. This report focuses on BPfA Area F, ‘Women and the … inequalities in pay are linked to gender inequalities in care in Europe. The analysis aims to contribute to important policy discussions on the gender pay gap and gender care gap. …
… Women’s economic empowerment has long been a feature of EU policy, but the shift in priorities in the aftermath of the economic crisis has left the employment policy largely gender blind. Thus the Europe 2020 strategy … that women undertake a disproportionate share of unpaid care work, which limits their participation in the labour …