… in the labour market. But are there robust enough care services in place as a means for freedom of choice for … its composition, structure, operations, methods, and work. Institutional transformation happens when you have the tools … the gender-sensitivity of the Parliament in 2020–2021. Institutional transformation happens when you have the tools …
… 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 …
… women also assume most of the domestic work and 70% of all care tasks. We're a long way from an equal sharing of … and opportunities between women and men when it comes to care and domestic work. Spain’s Instituto de las Mujeres … crisis, women are threatened. The astonishing overload of care work and destruction of employment has particularly …
… in the workplace. These ideas lead me to my second topic. Care. Care responsibilities should never cause anyone to leave … And during the pandemic home and work merged into one. Care responsibilities exploded. Covid recovery plans must …
… across the EU have been doing some 36 hours of unpaid care work each week during the pandemic, which is almost … allow telework to become dominated by mothers trying to care for children at the same time as doing their job, while … we need is in the home. To give men the opportunity to care for their children right from day 1, governments should …
… do they make? How do current laws enable them to take care of children raised in a family while leading fulfilling … the birth of each child, shows the impact of this unpaid care work on women’s lives. The best way to neutralise these … services. Countries in which more children are being taken care of by professional carers as opposed to in the home, …
… Europe is an ageing continent and women are often taking care of their parents, as well as children. Our data shows … where women are concentrated in poorly paid fields like care work, while men dominate highly paid fields like ICT, is … we should have just as many campaigns to get men into care work as we do to get women into ICT. Both should be seen …
… 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. …
… more likely to choose part-time work to reconcile work and care responsibilities. The price to pay is high: in the EU, … that are less valued and lower paid, such as education or care work. At the same time, women are less likely to be in …