… funds, are important for creating equal opportunities for workers with family responsibilities, and preventing pension … and good-quality care facilities for children and older people. According to Christine Lagarde, the Managing … kinds of work? If you stay at home to care for others – an older relative, a child, a sick person, etc. – you are very …
… such, research highlights the increasing role of domestic workers, often migrant women, in the provision of LTC at home … LTC in the EU [4] . At EU level, the informal LTC rate for older people and/or people with disabilities was 15 % for … EU-28. Figure 39: Percentage of women and men caring for older people and/or people with disabilities at least several …
… in 2017. Almost 38 % took care of children, grandchildren, older people and/or people with disabilities every day for … HR, CY, LT, HU, PT, RO, SK, PL), fewer than one in five workers are engaged in any sport, cultural or leisure … activities is much lower. In Spain and Lithuania, 5 % of workers are engaged in voluntary or charitable activities at …
… often perceived as a ‘family’ choice, poverty rates among older people reflect the adverse impact on women’s individual … higher (2-10 p.p.) or much higher (+ 10 p.p.) than among older men (Figure 16) in 2017. In some instances where the … by ethnicity showed a larger gender gap among Roma workers than non-Roma workers (O’Higgins, 2015). Disability …
… from more vulnerable backgrounds, such as migrant, Roma or older women, is needed and would provide a better basis for … For example, lifetime pay inequalities fall on older women, pointing to the need for gender-sensitive and … for parents and carers introduced a new annual right for workers to take at least 5 working days of carers’ leave in …
… leave and to flexible working arrangements for parents and workers with caring responsibilities’. The Directive was … care and/or education of their children, grandchildren and older and disabled people. It also measures their involvement …
… More specific references are given under job quality, workers’ rights, social inclusion and social protection of … the gender dimensions across groups (young people, older people, migrants, etc.), since women and men have …