… inequalities in pay and unpaid care, as requested by the German Presidency of the EU. The study is part of EIGE’s review of the Beijing … examine how unequal sharing of unpaid care activities at home affects pay inequalities in the labour market. It will …
… EIGE has looked into home-based formal long-term care (LTC) services, as requested by the Croatian Presidency of the EU. The study provides an overview of the state of play of home-based LTC in the EU Member States, explores the …
… you know, is in immediate danger, call 112 and ask for the police. If you are not in immediate danger and need help or assistance, you are encouraged to contact one of the national women’s emergency helplines found here . In … obliging governments to provide women facing violence at home with alternative accommodation. Awareness raising …
… The closure of many workplaces and schools during lockdowns … - is even more difficult. They have to juggle working from home and caring for children alone. If they get sick, their … shifted to telework. The rates of people working from home were higher in households with children and particularly …
… To contain the virus, millions of people were confined to their homes, … as cooking and cleaning. Most of the workers providing home-based professional care to older people and people with … cleaners and helpers. [4] This includes those working in home-based settings or in institutions [5] EIGE (2021) Gender …
… we are all adjusting to new ways of living because of the effects of the coronavirus. We are learning what it means to self-quarantine, work from home, home-school children, lose a job or even a loved one. Each …
… Dalli, Commissioner for Equality, when they unveiled the EU’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020 - 2025. Priorities … “Our leaders have been given a clear road map to make the changes that Europe needs” said Carlien Scheele, Director … the coming years is to combat violence against women. At home, in workplaces and on the streets, women continue to …
… Main findings The EU keeps moving towards gender equality at a snail’s … EU, 29 % of households report unmet needs for professional home-care services in 2016 and much of the care is provided … domains. Nonetheless, due to gendered sharing of duties at home, women’s commuting time is shorter compared to men’s …
… Today the heads of the nine EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies came together to discuss the EU’s New Strategic Agenda 2021 – 2024 , cooperation …
… EIGE, together with the other EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies marks … Unit (EUROJUST) Read more about the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies Network …
… (1) Stark, E. (2012), ‘The dangerousness of danger assessment’, Domestic Violence … Beijing Platform for Action (2013), Agreed conclusions on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence … and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (2009), Bringing security home: combating violence against women in the OSCE region — a …
… officers are capable of making a solid contribution in the context of a multiagency mechanism and in developing … for referral to a MATAC Provide an alarm Provide a home safety visit Raise a child protection investigation … and reframe so that the woman is not penalised Speed up home security repairs Put a note on perpetrator housing …
… with specialised services equipped to identify and assess the risks to children to ensure their protection. Key … risk assessment processes, police leadership should ensure the following. Police responsible for conducting risk … of intimate partner violence include being exposed in thehome, directly or indirectly, to violent or threatening …
… Greater autonomy in setting work-time schedules — for some The average weekly working hours of employees in the EU are … implies a ‘push’ to take alternative routes to accommodate home responsibilities, for example by leaving jobs or … (Gash, 2008). Similarly, research shows that the German home-care allowance, a benefit for parents to stay and take …
… and participation in social and economic activities. The complex interplay between mobility, out-of-home activities, care responsibilities and paid work … measures the time women and men spend on commuting between home and work. A number of other aspects regarding …
… structures have changed drastically in recent decades. The male breadwinner model is no longer pre-eminent, … single-headed families as more women work outside of thehome and not all families have a mother and a father. This … gender roles, particularly in the division of care work at home, is key to progress on gender equality. Policies can …
… Rising long-term care needs keenly felt by women The EU is currently experiencing unprecedented demographic … (Spasova et al., 2018). In many Member States, formal home-care services remain underdeveloped and difficult to … workers, often migrant women, in the provision of LTC at home in several EU Member States (Spasova et al., 2018). Due …
… conditions may help or hinder gender equality The increase in female employment rates, coupled with the decline of the male breadwinner family model, have … of women and more fathers take parental leave to stay at home and look after their children in their first year, the …
… Among LGBT groups across the EU, transgender people are most likely to report … had experienced either a physical or a sexual attack or the threat of violence in the previous five years (FRA, 2013). A major concern is the …
… in women’s and men’s use of time are reflected by the overall downward score for this domain. Not only was the 2017 score (65.7) 1 point lower than that of 2005, it … in any sport, cultural or leisure activities outside thehome at least every other day. The rates in another 10 Member …