… event was organised in cooperation with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments. The speech opened up … I believe we should be taking away from the data. That is: care is critical to our economies and to our lives. It seems … the EU, a spectacular 79 % of women do housework every day, compared to 34 % of men. Well, during the pandemic, …
… this speech at an event titled Gender Equality As a Driver for Recovery, organised by the Portuguese Presidency of the … European Union on 5 March 2021. With International Women’s Day just around the corner, and the EU set to roll out its … Women working in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy …
… is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour … market, according to a study by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid … care work. Across the EU, they spend 90 minutes more per day than employed men on unpaid care. ‘’The benefits of …
… This business case advocates for organisational change and outlines how organisations in … costs resulting from an inability to combine work and care responsibilities, for example high staff turnover and … work-life balance issues concern only women with small children, that they are too expensive, or that they are not …
… despite improvements in policy, the work-life balance for men and women remains unequal in Europe. The research … the hours that they work in order to provide informal care. One third of women who curtail their employment in … age spend three times longer than men on childcare per day. Women in full time employment who are also fulfilling a …
… the Polish EU Presidency's expert conference “Mechanisms for reconciling professional and family roles for women and … maternity, paternity and parental leave, institutional care arrangements forchildren and dependent elderly and distribution of paid and …
… Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Economy Women still remain the main … to 44 spend three times longer than men in childcare per day. The main findings of the first EIGE Report specifically … activities, and for the accessibility and availability of care facilities for elderly persons. Also, the use of …
… Research and data show that the unequal division of care responsibilities is a key issue for reconciliation of work and family life. The campaign … included a database of examples of good practice, the ‘Day with a Child at Work’ campaign, a competition on …