… up. Taking a closer look at change About Time - unpaid care is still uneven between women and men The gender care gap is shrinking. But not because men are shouldering more of the care work. Women are doing less. Assisting technologies, home …
… who perform high levels of household work, childcare or care for disabled, elderly or infirm persons. Just over half … (17 hours for women and 11 for men). Women’s higher unpaid care responsibilities impact the scheduling of their work on … 34% of men (see Figure 2). A similar gap applies regarding care for and education of children (32% and 20% …
… by the ability to combine platform work with house- and/or care work (20%). In contrast, more women lone parents (31%) … work : 64% men and 50% of women platform workers with this care responsibility are employed full-time in addition to …
… than men dominate in the fields of childcare and elderly care services. The findings suggest that motivations to join … on platform work, and promote an equal sharing of care responsibilities between women and men. Member States … ‘Women platform workers face challenges balancing unpaid care with work, despite so-called flexibility’ . …
… that they are mainly young, highly educated, and taking care of children – in particular if they are women. Indeed, … and data entry. Having more men being paid to take care of children and people’s homes can help chip away at …
… pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to … to a full-time job over the course of a year. This unpaid care work that is essential to our economies. The children … of our pensions. No wonder then, that the value of unpaid care work has been estimated to be around 9 trillion euros …
… costs resulting from an inability to combine work and care responsibilities, for example high staff turnover and … to work’ days, and join public–private partnerships for care services. Companies seek certification for these …
… leave, flexible working arrangements and access to care services. Women and men shall have equal access to special leaves of absence in order to fulfil their care responsibilities and be encouraged to use them in a … to affordable early childhood education and good quality care. Children have the right to protection from poverty. …