… gender roles glorified while questioning the need for women's financial independence . EIGE’s new report … Women are still expected to take on the lion’s share of care responsibilities once a couple decides to start a … and being primarily responsible for making ends meet on a day-to-day basis. Withholding and withdrawing For women in …
… Carlien Scheele, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality, the EU agency for gender equality, will … live from the event. Stay tuned! 18.03.2024 – Keeping care high on the agenda My last intervention was in a … in difficult times’. Watch the event here 13.3.2024 - Day one at CSW68. And we are off to an inspiring start! The …
… ministers and dear colleagues, I’d first like to thank you for this kind invitation to be here today and to thank our … in law enforcement. The other week, it was International Day of Women in multilateralism – a day to actively advocate … conflict, insecurity and threats differently. Women and children face displacement from their homes while men may …
… evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities shows that 91% of … Equality Index 2023) finds that more intensive childcare for smaller children – like bathing, feeding and changing … for needing to be a father in the middle of the working day. Promising payoffs In the EU, as well as globally, there …
… Unpaid care is often taken for granted. It's simply done without question as a labour of … twice as many women spend at least 5 hours every day caring forchildren than men. Women and men in employment …
… equality through enabling a better work-life balance. For example, allowing people with childcare responsibilities, … because it is often performed outside the regular working day , though more often by men than by women. As many as 36 % … who perform high levels of household work, childcare or carefor disabled, elderly or infirm persons. Just over half …
… Council in Brussels on 8 December 2022 on why the European Care Strategy offers much needed hope for the future. Dear Chair, dear Ministers, Thank you to the … likely than men to be involved in childcare throughout the day - from the crack of dawn through to bedtime. No wonder …
… pandemic’s parameters have eased, the occasion was calling for us to bring EU institutions, Member States as well as EU … and also for many, homes became improvised schools and day-care centres. The situation was surreal. And I am sure it is …
… how the generation of tomorrow can be better equipped for the future at the Europe of Tomorrow conference in Prague … stand and why. Let me take you back to a typical day, not too long ago, during the height of lockdown. You … for the parents, a primary school for the twins, a day-carefor the two-year old and with whatever space remains, …