… that have traditionally been occupied by women like unpaid care or professional care jobs. Today, the labour market is … Let me give you an example. Think of when your child is sick. What typically happens? Mothers step in. Who typically plans, manages and organises a child’s activities? It mostly falls on mothers. The …
… 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 …
… and at a ministerial conference looking at the European child guarantee, hosted by the French presidency of the EU. And we have pointed out the implications of care and unpaid work on women’s and men’s lives at …
… 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 …
… Europe is an ageing continent and women are often taking care of their parents, as well as children. Our data shows … pay gap actually widens the older women get, with having a child and getting married both having a negative impact on … where women are concentrated in poorly paid fields like care work, while men dominate highly paid fields like ICT, is …
… employment rate for mothers aged 20-49 with a young child (younger than 6 years old) is 65.4 % in comparison to … % of 15-to-64 year old inactive women are inactive for care reasons, i.e. looking after dependents (children or …
… 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 …