… is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour … Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week – as opposed to 68 % of men. …
… as the population ages. Most professionals in the formal care sector are women and their working conditions are often … EIGE’s new report on gender equality and long-term care highlights why Europe needs to care more about care. “Covid-19 has shown how essential …
… This research note focuses on formal homebased care across the EU. In terms of the care recipient’s perspective, it looks at different aspects of long-term care that determine women’s and men’s opportunities to access …
… States by transforming roles and responsibilities in care work. The model supports innovative practice and gender … and project designers to take an expansive view of care. This means considering not only childcare, but also care for older people or persons with disabilities and, more …
… norms and attitudes, unequal distribution of care responsibilities and the failure of institutions to … relate to the rate of employment, part-time work, unpaid care and family responsibilities, access to rights and …