… EIGE’s Gender Equality Index also explores how jobs in care, health and education should also be the focus of a just … be achieved without ‘greening’ health, education and care sectors. Esther launched the Circular Jobs Initiative …
… both needs. One aspect key for flexibility is external care infrastructure – as you know EIGE places priority on … evidence and recommendations on closing the gender care gap. The EU Care Strategy holds a promise for high-quality, affordable …
… 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 …
… details of the survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities carried out by the … Equality Index 2023, the policy brief Bridging the gender care gap to achieve work–life balance for all and EIGE’s …
… Unpaid care is often taken for granted. It's simply done without … labour of love. But EIGE’s new time use survey focused on care, leisure and volunteering activities reveals unpaid care is in a pressure cooker situation right now which …
… 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’ . …
… 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 …
… a reality for everyone in every area. Gender norms around care, gender segregation in education and the labour market, … are most needed. The 2022 Index has a thematic focus on care in the pandemic. It explores the division of informal childcare, long-term care and housework between women and men. …