… delivered this speech at an event on gender equality and the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hosted … women across the EU have been doing some 36 hours of unpaid care work each week during the pandemic, which is … inactive women increased. These are the women are not in paidwork, nor looking for it. Before Covid, this figure had …
… COVID-19: mental load, gender equality in teleworking andunpaid care work after the pandemic". Good morning all, Early … we found that 7.7 million women were unable to take up paidwork because they were providing unpaid care at home. …
… Presidency on 31 January 2022. Good morning dear ministers and dear colleagues, As you know, the European Parliament … the existing system hasn’t quite worked. Women are still paid less. They are in a minority in positions of power, but … the pandemic, women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, …
… hundreds of people joining us online from all over Europe and beyond. I am so glad, that despite these challenging … to the spotlight. The importance of care work, whether paid or unpaid, and its unequal distribution between women and men is …
… of lockdown measures has reminded us just how difficult and dangerous it is for the women who live with a violent … of care and who takes on this essential work, whether it’s paid or unpaid has also received a lot more attention in recent …
… this at an event of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) titled We are strong: Women … in our lives. Professional care work is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often accompanied by poor contracts that provide little security. Unpaid care work, the type of work most of us have relied on …