… start with the obvious. The rights of domestic workers and the quality of their jobs are gender equality issues. In … work is predominantly done by women. The same is true of unpaid domestic labour, which still falls largely on the … will have been the only way you’ve been able to take up paidwork. Because otherwise you would have been doing it …
… The social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis threaten to roll … and that greater equality is achieved in both paidandunpaidwork. Workers in the care sector, who are mostly women …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour market, according to a … for Gender Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing …
… coronavirus will reveal the different realities of women and men. At the frontline of this coronavirus pandemic are … their profession is one of the most undervalued, and under-paid jobs in the EU. Men’s mortality rate is higher … (35 %) and one in four men (24 %) work in precarious jobs. Unpaid care work will increase Even without a crisis, caring …
… gender pay gap reveals the different realities that women and men face in their professional and personal lives. Today, … factors: women are concentrated in lower level and lower paid jobs, work more (both paidandunpaid) hours, take longer career breaks, and are more likely …
… improvements in policy, the work-life balance for men and women remains unequal in Europe. The research indicates … example, where paternity leave is transferable, or poorly paid, the take-up is low. Employers may favour male recruits … the mother returns to work. Paternity leave is a paid or unpaid leave of absence from work granted to a father to care …