… talking about the work of raising children, of taking care of ageing parents, of cooking three meals a day. This … taxpayers. The ageing parents would otherwise be taken care of by the state. Globally, the value of this invisible … working, it is therefore critical to balance out unpaid care and housework. Otherwise, inequality between women and …
… I believe we should be taking away from the data. That is: care is critical to our economies and to our lives. It seems obvious: we need carers to raise children, to take care of older people and those with disabilities, and those … the way we treat carers does not reflect the importance of care, the fact that each and every one of us will need to be …
… Europe is an ageing continent and women are often taking care of their parents, as well as children. Our data shows … where women are concentrated in poorly paid fields like care work, while men dominate highly paid fields like ICT, is … we should have just as many campaigns to get men into care work as we do to get women into ICT. Both should be seen …
… women unable to take up paid work because they were taking care of children and ageing parents. Although this unpaid care work doesn’t show up in governments’ balance sheets, it … if not by their families. Globally, the value of unpaid care work has been estimated at around 9 trillion euros each …
… are women. When it comes to those who provide professional care at home, 83 % are women. And that’s just the figures … us at home. To clean our house, for example, or to take care of our ageing parents. And I am sure that more often … as they would no longer be able to provide free-of charge care for their older relatives in the home. Instead, the …
… The survey collected data on the thematic areas of unpaid care, paid work, services, support and well-being. The data … in paid and unpaid work driven by workplace, school and care facility closures due to lockdown measures? What changes … How did the amount of household work, including care, change due to the COVID-19 crisis and did this lead to …
… (2021d) has highlighted the continued burden of unpaid care on women, whether or not they are employed. It has also … than women in stable work. However, the demands of unpaid care are rarely analysed as a social determinant of mental … work (Valero et al., 2020). Gender disparities in unpaid care widened during the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure of …
… dedicate more of their time to childcare and long-term care. Read more Globally, people with disabilities have … Disabilities. Beyond medical services, access to long-term care services is critical to autonomous living and the … (2020f), barriers to accessing professional home-based care ae affect women disproportionately, as they are …