… 10 years of commitment and advocacy for domestic and home care in the EU, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele gave an address at the Domestic and Home Care EU Congress on 14 November 2023 hosted by the …
… girls. This ‘shadow pandemic’ has a devastating effect on the rights of women and girls across Europe. The EU Agency … against women, as many of these incidents take place at home (37%). This makes women and girls particularly … and economic uncertainty can leave them trapped at home with abusive partners or relatives. Many countries …
… Director Carlien Scheele delivered a keynote address at the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union … This example is a fact . Bringing it a bit closer to home - 35 % of women who experienced physical and/or sexual violence, experienced it in their own home. You can see why this is one of EIGE’s ongoing and …
… For the first time ever, EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows signs … a worsening situation for women in many areas of work and home life. The Index paints a picture of rising inequalities … Secretary at the ETUC: Covid pushing women back into thehome, from the workplace is a big concern. We have to value …
… Today, one-in-three people 1 across the EU are unpaid informal carers for family members or … health problems and/or disability. And that’s just one of the key findings from EIGE’s annual Gender Equality Index report, which this year focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and care – published this October 2022. …
… look like contributed to pushing 7.7 million women out of the workforce across the EU. And this was even before the … the pandemic, the gap between the spaces collapsed – home and work merged into one. Care responsibilities … to work at all, all of it is linked to what happens in thehome. Let’s go back to my hypothetical family. Although we …
… EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele gave these opening remarks the event on Covid-19 and its impact on gender equality … For instance, in childcare. Unpaid care work in thehome really exploded for women during the pandemic. However, fathers working from home were also stepping in more than before. I sincerely hope …
… Committee Meeting on 3 March 2022. The topic of the meeting was "An ambitious future for … led to long hours and a blurring of boundaries between thehome and the workplace. Neither is good for work-life balance … health. Yet there’s another kind of work that’s done at home. The type of work that does not contribute to someone’s …
… Round Table on Equality forum, which was a part of the conference Women's economic empowerment: key to gender … it has until quite recently only been for free in thehome, or in jobs without much power. So it is perhaps little … to be able to do it alongside their unpaid work in thehome, such as picking up their daughter or son when school …
… In March this year, EIGE published a 25-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action. From the economy to climate … women who reported the most difficulty juggling work, home-schooling and care. If a shift towards telework does … of the pandemic, I hope the extra time fathers spend at home will encourage them to take on a bigger share of the …
… EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele delivered this speech for the press at EIGE's Gender Equality Index 2020 conference on … extra pressure to fulfil childcare responsibilities and home-schooling while teleworking. One positive of this … was that was fathers were often spending more time at home looking after their children. However, women and …
… EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele delivered this speech at the opening of EIGE's Gender Equality Index 2020 conference on 29 October 2020. For the first time, we find ourselves presenting the results of … keep school lessons going and continue working from home. And to organise this conference today. But should we be …
… Director Carlien Scheele delivered this at an event of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) … done by women. Men also increased how much they did at home, but women still clocked many more hours on the tasks … need men to embrace care work – both professionally and at home. To achieve this, EIGE is calling for a European …
… has collected data using an EU-wide online panel survey on the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This survey will form part of EIGE's … did changes/adoptions of certain work arrangements (e.g. home-based telework) explain and relate to the extent of paid …