… 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 … Sweden and Belgium more men than women perceive facing work-life tensions nearly every day. If we look at cooking …
… signs of a worsening situation for women in many areas of work and home life. The Index paints a picture of rising … shown how the pandemic has led to more intense informal care demands . In terms of childcare, long-term care and housework, especially for women. The impact was …
… Index domains. A decrease in the score of participation in work indicates that women are increasingly likely to spend … background were at an even higher risk. An uptick in care responsibilities An uptick in overall care responsibilities during the pandemic was revealed …
… which this year focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and care – published this October 2022. “This is the kind of … when it is not fairly shared or when good and affordable care systems do not exist”, says EIGE’S Director, Carlien … Scheele. The report takes a deep dive into three types of care – childcare, long-term care and housework – and assesses …
… for Equality”, held in Brussels on 24 June 2022. If we work together, we can overcome inequality. I start my … in the workplace. These ideas lead me to my second topic. Care. Care responsibilities should never cause anyone to leave …
… structural barriers, and societal ideas about what women’s work should look like contributed to pushing 7.7 million … the private space – they completed domestic tasks provided care for children and elderly, and were generally excluded … for me to continuing working? I realise that the growing care burdens and inflexibility of my employers leave me no …
… will be addressed e.g. psychological counselling, ob-gyn care, emergency contraception and safe abortion. A list will … arriving in the EU from Ukraine. EIGE’s support on FRA’s work To understand and reflect on the human rights abuses …
… put in place pandemic recovery budgets and policies that work for both women and men. As our economies start to … as well as challenges. For instance, in childcare. Unpaid carework in the home really exploded for women during the …
… mental load, gender equality in teleworking and unpaid carework after the pandemic". Good morning all, Early last year, … talking about the work of raising children, of taking care of ageing parents, and of cooking three meals a day. …
… persist in the EU. Women are less likely to be in paid work than men, with 67 % of working age women in employment, … of Bulgaria. As our societies age and more people require care, an increasing number of women may find themselves … the most difficulty juggling work, home-schooling and care. If a shift towards telework does indeed end up being …
… in the European Union and shows trends in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power, health and violence. … still faced the most challenges when trying to juggle work and family life. This brings me to the focus of this … solution to solve the shortage of adequate and affordable care services. Before the crisis hit, 7.7 million women were …
… equality challenges to the spotlight. The importance of carework, whether paid or unpaid, and its unequal distribution … Gender Equality Index is on digitalisation, the future of work and most importantly, the consequences for gender …
… I believe we should be taking away from the data. That is: care is critical to our economies and to our lives. It seems obvious: we need carers to raise children, to take care of older people and those with disabilities, and those … be cared for at some point in our lives. Professional carework is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often …