… Director Carlien Scheele gave a key note address on access to the labour market from a gender equal and intersectional … that have traditionally been occupied by women like unpaid care or professional care jobs. Today, the labour market is … see more men in care-related roles, supported by parental leave, giving both parents the same opportunities to engage …
… balance of childcare. But there isn’t when it comes to the type of task according to EIGE’s latest evidence. The … evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities shows that 91% of … highlights the necessity for dads to take up parental leave while also encouraging Nordic governments to promote …
… a part of the conference Women's economic empowerment: key to gender equality hosted by the French European Union … pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to … such as limits to working time, a minimum wage, and paid leave. If we do it right, there is much potential in these …
… Women’s Day just around the corner, and the EU set to roll out its Covid-19 recovery package across Europe, it … Women working in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy … has to be made clear. Career interruptions to provide careleave women with far lower pensions than men across the EU. …
… highest number of cases – from nearly 3 million in Poland to more than 5.7 million in France [2] . If, overall, about … men, as priority was given to healthcare and residential care workers – both groups mostly composed of women. At the … occupational segregation is a key reason why women nurses leave the profession (WHO, 2019c). With significant exposure …
… – 1 point every 2 years – it will take more than 60 years to achieve gender equality in the EU. The gender balance in … recession. In addition, the closure of schools and other care services has greatly increased childcare needs, with a … to maternity benefits in the EU, and access to parental leave is also limited for the self-employed in a number of …
… the EU and its Member States. [1] The EU's approach to gender equality Equality between women and men is … measures. Legal measure: the introduction of paternity leave. Fathers/equivalent second parents will be able to take … making better use of EU Funds to improve long-term care and childcare services. Policy measure: removing …
… than women? In EU Member States, both paid work and unpaid care work exists. These different kinds of work are performed … and unpaid care work depend on each other. For example, to be able to work in the formal economy (paid work), we all … work Public financial allowances, such as paid parental leave, child benefit, carers’ allowances, agricultural …
… In Europe, we are all adjusting to new ways of living because of the effects of the … working around the clock and putting themselves at risk tocarefor patients. Most of the nurses and healthcare workers … and will probably not be paid nor entitled to paid sickleave. These people are likely to have difficulty paying for …
… Parental-leave conditions may help or hinder gender equality The … & Poole, 2016; Trask, 2010). In this context, entitlements to job-protected leave after childbirth have become important … time-limited job protection to enable an employee tocarefor their new-born child, and afterwards return to work …
… Deutsche Telekom AG was one of the first companies to integrate into its rules of governance the 2012 Family CareLeave Act ( Familienpflegezeitgesetz , FPfZG), and the first …
… rate remains higher than men’s ". Removing barriers to gender equality, tackling gender-based violence, getting … point [3]. 13. Around 30% of working-age women with care responsibilities are either economically inactive or … a child - have neither considered nor taken parental leave. Almost all eligible mothers make use of their right to …
… in 1957, when the founding Member States of the EU wished to create a common market. The EU coordinates economic and … working arrangements and a larger uptake of parental leave benefits by fathers. Additionally, part-time employment … Finally, regulatory reform that supports child and elderly care can also promote gender equality. Gender implications in …