… the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Women’s Lobby. I want to start with a mental … the pandemic, with 7.7 million women unable to take up paidwork because they were taking care of children and ageing parents. Although this unpaid care work doesn’t show up in governments’ balance …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… expert conference “Mechanisms for reconciling professional and family roles for women and men as a chance to actively … for children and dependent elderly and distribution of paidandunpaidwork between women and men. …