… EU policy framework: employment, income, education, unpaid care, decision-making, health. The analysis is complemented … first time, the Index incorporates EIGE’s survey data on care. This data sheds new light on the domain of time, which … looks at gender inequalities in the allocation of time to care, domestic work, leisure and social activities. This …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… in the workplace. These ideas lead me to my second topic. Care. Care responsibilities should never cause anyone to leave … And during the pandemic home and work merged into one. Care responsibilities exploded. Covid recovery plans must …
… 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 …