… 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 …
… 14/12/2023: COP28 has come to an end – 198 countries call for gender-responsive approaches while fighting climate … a prominent part of COP28 – for the first time a ‘gender day’ took place during COP. The urgency to have gender … in terms of the number of women working in STEM and men in care professions. And in the EU’s energy sector, for example, …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… Ahead of International Women's Day, EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele participated in an … get things done over an 8-9 hour period – or perhaps more for some of us. Then you reverse the process: You’re back on … evidence proves that women take on the brunt of unpaid care compared to men – from childcare through to domestic …
… feminist meeting ‘We Call It Feminism: Feminism for a better world’ on 25 February addressing new ways to revolutionise the care system. Good afternoon to you all. It’s wonderful to be … 40% of women and 21% of men spend more than 5 hours per day on providing informal childcare to their own children. …
… 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 …
… interconnections between changes in unpaid and paid work for women and men during the pandemic, the role of government … of a questionnaire which explores the share of informal care in the household for two time periods, before the … caring for their children/grandchildren (aged 0-11) every dayfor 4 hours or more during the pandemic (%, 20–64, EU, …
… 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, …
… High-level Conference on Work-Life balance as a leverage for women’s empowerment and promoting gender equality, … the private space – they completed domestic tasks provided careforchildren and elderly, and were generally excluded from …
… It is good to be here today to mark International Women’s Day with you, and to share with you our latest data on the … made can be easily lost. I’d therefore like to thank you for joining today, to take a look at what’s happened since … across the EU have been doing some 36 hours of unpaid care work each week during the pandemic, which is almost …