… 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 …
… in its fastest-growing sector? Ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, let’s take … in working in the green sector. Where women account for 22 % of workers in the conventional energy sector in the … EIGE’s Gender Equality Index also explores how jobs in care, health and education should also be the focus of a just …
… Marking 10 years of commitment and advocacy for domestic and home care in the EU, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele gave an … than women perceive facing work-life tensions nearly every day. If we look at cooking and/or housework every day and …
… 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 …
… EU countries aren’t keen and have been blocking the law for almost a decade now. It looks odd, this world, doesn’t … significantly more likely to take career breaks to take care of children. This can eat into the time they are able to … but I have one. And should she herself become a mother one day, I would not want her to be judged on those terms. How to …
… 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 …