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      In October EIGE releases its annual Gender Equality Index updating on the progress of gender equality in the EU. In this year’s Index edition, EIGE also makes links between gender equality and the European Green Deal exploring how the progress in gender equality can support the green transition. This year the Index conference is extended with two webinars taking a...

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    • Sharing the load: who invests more time and energy in childcare?

      Between women and men in the EU, there’s a greater balance of childcare. But there isn’t when it comes to the type of task according to EIGE’s latest evidence. The distribution of unpaid childcare between women and men is moving in the right direction. EIGE’s evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities...

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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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    • What does it take to achieve gender equality? – Resources and structures key for women's empowerment

      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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    • GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality

      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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      03 Mar 2023
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  • Model protocol medical care for women and girls with FGM

    … initiative of health professionals: the protocol medical care for women and girls with FGM The Model protocol medical … cases of FGM.   FGM as a very serious and damaging form of child abuse   Dutch policy towards violence against women … implemented in 2013 informing police, the Focal Points Child Abuse and the Council for Child Protection and …

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  • Unpaid care workloads and social isolation affect well-being

    … to acute trade-offs in dividing time between paid work, care duties and leisure activities (EIGE, 2021c). With restrictions largely preventing external care services or help from grandparents, friends and … violence (EIGE, 2021a; Šimonović, 2020; WHO, 2020b) and child abuse (Calvano et al., 2021; Katz, 2021) during the …

  • Informal care of children and childcare services

    … 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 …

  • Insufficient care infrastructure pushes women to fill the gaps

    … 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 … [3] , and about 5  % of families with children had a child with disabilities (EIGE, 2020e). As a result, long-term …

  • Step 5: Carefully measure progress

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  • We need to think about care differently. Right now, it’s not working for anyone.

    … on 25 February addressing new ways to revolutionise the care system. Good afternoon to you all. It’s wonderful to be … And if we want see change – or to start a revolution on care in this case – we have to get personal. So, let’s bring … to use flexible work for family responsibilities – so if a child needs to be picked up at 4pm, they can be picked up at …

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  • Almost 23 million children in the EU are poor: For every additional child, a woman’s risk of falling into poverty increases

    … children have a job. With the arrival of each additional child, the economic independence of women shrinks. The need to care for children, parents or sick and disabled relatives …

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  • Work-life balance for men and women remains unequal

    … the hours that they work in order to provide informal care. One third of women who curtail their employment in … work therefore a compromise must still be made between child care and a successful career. Reconciliation Policies … off work by an expectant mother to cover the birth of her child, and this may be with pay. The leave period commences …

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  • Early childhood, when everything begins

    … this speech at a ministerial conference on the European Child Guarantee, organised by the French presidency of the EU … do they make? How do current laws enable them to take care of children raised in a family while leading fulfilling … earnings for women, which increases with the birth of each child, shows the impact of this unpaid care work on women’s …

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  • Fictional case study 2: reconciling shift work and childcare

    … Currently, they can access some provision for their eldest child. Yet, sometimes, Agneta’s hours change and the family … as do local sources of labour market data, housing and child benefit statistics, public transport availability, time … complex, everyday pressures on time, childcare and other care needs as key priorities. Step 2: Identify gender-aware …

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  • Essential workers

    … pandemic. This group includes workers in the health and care sector, victim support services, education, … the domestic care sector. In 2018, women made up: 93 % of child care workers and teachers’ aides 86 % of personal care … and consequences for the labour market [3] This includes child care workers and teachers’ aides, personal care workers …

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  • Poverty

    … in women’s and men’s access to health and long-term care  and/or housing and property. In particular, certain … given the strong link between women’s poverty and child poverty, inadequate child income support is also a crucial factor for many women. …

  • Sharing the load: who invests more time and energy in childcare?

    … evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities shows that 91% of … are equal in nature. The reality is, tending to a sick child is a very different task to picking up a child from school. Both are tasks but can be vastly different …

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  • Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková

    … mental health agenda in the Department of Mental Health Care System Reform at the Ministry of Health. She is the … and activities in the area of ​​transformation of the care system for vulnerable children. She was awarded a medal … the Czech Medical Society for support for changes in the child mental health care system. In the past, she …

  • Comprehensive funding support scheme for parents at German RFO (DE)

    … budget reallocation is not possible. An allowance for child care may be paid from the grant for children no older than … the number of children and is set as follows: For a single child EUR 400 per month. For each additional child the …

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  • Measures for a family-friendly firm

    … close to the premises. The company also provides care for elementary school children during holidays and a child-related time bonus is given for parents for leave for … children during school holidays while parents are at work; Child-related time bonus, providing an additional paid day of …

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  • Parental-leave policies

    … time-limited job protection to enable an employee to care for their new-born child, and afterwards return to work with the same employer, … they are also important policy instruments for supporting child, maternal and paternal health and well-being, birth …

  • FGM Enhanced Dataset

    … response to FGM in UK   Female genital mutilation (FGM) is child abuse and the Department of Health and NHS England are … domestic and international efforts to end FGM and child, early and forced marriage within a generation. The … 16 October 2014 and is available on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website . All these data are stored …

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  • 5. Domain of time

    … 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 … 42 million adults living in households with at least one child aged less than 6 years, 32 % were in a situation where …

  • Mini-grants for academic teachers, “Ensuring equal opportunities for male and female researchers who combine work and childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic" – Jagiellonian University in Kraków (JU) (PL)

    … who have combined research and teaching work with parental care for children under the age of 15 during the COVID-19 … University who (1) are parents and carers of a child/children under the age of 15 and (2) are planning to …

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