… 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 European Federation for Family Employment and Home Care at the EGG Center in Brussels Good morning to the …
… EU policy framework: employment, income, education, unpaid care, decision-making, health. The analysis is complemented … first time, the Index incorporates EIGE’s survey data on care. This data sheds new light on the domain of time, which … looks at gender inequalities in the allocation of time to care, domestic work, leisure and social activities. This …
… background were at an even higher risk. An uptick in care responsibilities An uptick in overall care responsibilities during the pandemic was revealed … on critical aspects related to the time spent on unpaid care. However, the increase was not evenly distributed …
… the way we live and work. She explains: “When consumers care about sustainability, they might avoid fast fashion. And … the additional responsibility, they should be there to care for big social issues, such as gender equality. …
… of women being kept out of the labour market due to care responsibilities. Currently, 37.5 % of women in the EU care for children, the elderly, or people with disabilities … than the population of Denmark. Unequal distribution of care responsibilities and other forms of unpaid work largely …
… is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour … Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week – as opposed to 68 % of men. …