… The availability of high-quality, affordable care services has long been acknowledged as essential to enable people to reconcile paid work and care responsibilities. This is particularly true for women … expected to shoulder a disproportionate amount of unpaid care work, including housework, care for children, and care …
… 2018, reveals higher levels of gender inequality than the care subdomain (70 points). Figure 16. Scores for the domain … measures gender inequality in the allocation of time to care and domestic work and social activities. The first subdomain of care activities measures gender gaps in women’s and men’s …
… decreases with the number of children in the family. Care responsibilities keep 7.7 million women out of the … than men (29 % and 6 %, respectively) work part-time to care for children and other dependent family members. Lower … jobs (e.g. in the informal sector) and career breaks to care for dependants all result in women facing higher risks …
… and income are closely related to (expected and actual) care duties for children, which fall disproportionately on … income replacement. The COVID-19-linked shift of care duties back into private households will have more …
… increased risk of losing jobs because of additional unpaid care responsibilities resulting from closures of schools and … 85 of nursing and midwifery professionals and personal care workers in health services. Another example of a …
… strong political will to facilitate better distribution of care and household work between women and men. Among the … right to flexible working arrangements for workers with care responsibilities, carer’s leave, parental leave and … aspects, such as investment in infrastructure for care, particularly long-term care. The newly released EU …
… are often rooted in the unequal distribution of care and other responsibilities within the household (EIGE, … supporting provision of quality childcare and long-term care using EU funding a proposal to revise the targets set by …
… recession. In addition, the closure of schools and other care services has greatly increased childcare needs, with a … gender inequalities not only in relation to informal care for family members but also in terms of access to … and even their health. A lack of availability of formal care services is linked to long-standing gender inequalities. …
… and timings? Are more women than men providing care for children and other family members? Which age groups among women and men provide more unpaid care? For example, do younger women provide more childcare than men? Do older men provide care for their spouses? What services might support different …
… and digital inclusion, such as childcare, social and elder care, accessible transport and digital home care support. Expanding the physical infrastructure of care facilities – such as nurseries and intergenerational …
… indicators include: increased proportion of men’s time in care-related activity increased employment for women and men, including migrant women, in the formal care economy increase in women’s access to, and hours in, … social inclusion Increase the accessibility and quality of care facilities for other dependants Fight the exclusion of, …