… Conference on a future oriented European Pillar of Social Rights on 15 April 2024 in Brussels, Director Carlien Scheele … an ambitious EU headline target to achieve at least a 78% employment rate of the population aged 20-64 by 2030, and to halve the gender employment gap compared to 2019. We have a long way to go to …
… Union to take leaps forwards to secure and realise the rights of women in all their diversity. That being said, … For the first time in a decade, gender inequalities in employment and the duration of the working life, education, … approach to gender equality between women and men across employment, occupation, and social security. In the early …
… edition of the Index. This is mainly due to a decrease in employment and in the amount of years one is expected to be … leaving, and that young people neither in education nor in employment has increased, with adolescent boys being the most …
… recognises: equality between women and men; equality in employment; and non-discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation. 2000 — The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex and …
… women tending to work fewer hours and in more precarious employment, then Europe faces an even wider pensions gap … equal work a reality”, says Samira Rafaela of the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee. ‘‘We’re a step closer …
… of Spain. But the country’s leading voice on women’s rights admits, “we need to move forward faster.” Now we all … that we will not take a single step backwards on feminist rights.” Pledging to take three steps forward will have a … The astonishing overload of care work and destruction of employment has particularly affected the most vulnerable …
… a year is more or less what you would spend on full time employment. This unpaid work creates a vicious cycle. It … The pandemic meant that progress in areas of woman’s rights was not just stalled, but reversed. But the pandemic …
… for Equality. Focusing on equal opportunities and equal rights for everyone brings benefits across society . Benefits … economic transformation that allows the creation of public employment in this sector to avoid the precariousness that …
… housework. Yet these kinds of jobs rarely provide a formal employment contract, which means their flexibility is limited … they cannot choose. Like others in non-standard forms of employment, they were rarely eligible for government support … into formal employment. This status would bring many more rights, such as limits to working time, a minimum wage, and …