… 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 …
… 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 …
… almost fourfold between these ages. And then when care enters the picture, the gender pay gap is aggravated. Due to unshared unpaid care responsibilities, the highest gender pay gap is found … unpaid work; They take longer career breaks often due to care responsibilities; Women are also more likely to choose …
… 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 …