… 10 years of commitment and advocacy for domestic and home care in the EU, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele gave an address at the Domestic and Home Care EU Congress on 14 November 2023 hosted by the European Federation for Family Employment and Home Care at the EGG Center in Brussels Good morning to the …
… these social constructions are reinforced by structural policy choices that fail to account for gender perspectives. … in the workplace. These ideas lead me to my second topic. Care. Care responsibilities should never cause anyone to leave …
… equality should not only be considered in the silos of a policy, but rather it needs to be mainstreamed into every … Women working in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy … derail women’s employment gains is the unequal sharing of care, which can hold women back from entering the job market, …
… more likely to choose part-time work to reconcile work and care responsibilities. The price to pay is high: in the EU, … that are less valued and lower paid, such as education or care work. At the same time, women are less likely to be in … to reduce the gender pay gap includes a variety of policy options to combat pay inequalities. These include …
… unpaid work: across the EU, more than a third of women care for family members on a daily basis, while almost 80% … Mainstreaming gender into the EU budget and macroeconomic policy framework’ outlines in detail how the EU institutions … Mainstreaming gender into the EU budget and macroeconomic policy framework Gender mainstreaming methods and tools: …