… exploitation. 5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation. 5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public …
… than women? In EU Member States, both paid work and unpaid care work exists. These different kinds of work are performed … Public financial allowances, such as paid parental leave, child benefit, carers’ allowances, agricultural subsidies and … you stay at home to care for others – an older relative, a child, a sick person, etc. – you are very often not paid for …
… labour market, reflecting the disproportionate weight of care duties on mothers. This leads to women’s predominant … 2012. Women are engaged disproportionally more in unpaid care work: almost 38 % take care of children, grandchildren, … and economic dependency. In households where the youngest child is under 7 years of age, women spend on average …
… into the labour market following a career break due to care responsibilities. It can be a catalyst for greater … of time suggests a link between the better sharing of care responsibilities within a family and a higher engagement … Member States are sorted in descending order. Once a child enters the family, traditional gender roles tend to …
… affect gender roles, particularly in the division of care work at home, is key to progress on gender equality. … The EWCS shows that in households with the youngest child below 7 years of age, women spend an average of … 2 p.p. among people with no children to 15 p.p. with one child, 19 p.p. with two children and 29 p.p. for women and …
… living in couples, they also show that the arrival of a child has the greatest negative impact on the mothers living in couples. The disproportionate weight of care duties on mothers limits their participation in or … with the peak times for family formation and increasing care duties — be it for children, grandchildren or those who …
… school calendars. A measure that supports family-related care leave is the possibility for proxy voting, i.e. allowing MPs who are absent due to their care responsibilities to delegate their voting power to a …