… 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 achieved in both paid and unpaid work. Workers in the care sector, who are mostly women and proved vital for our … working conditions. Improving the conditions and status of care work could also attract more men to these jobs, which … men into female-dominated areas, such as the education and care sectors - not just that labour market impacts are …
… regulatory frameworks. As the Covid-19 crisis has shown, care is a vital part of our economies, yet often missing from … States to make the connection between time use, multiple care roles and EU Funds interventions, allowing a better reflection of the value of care in our economies. This is in line with the EU’s new …
… 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 …