… in our lives. Professional care work is one of the lowest paid occupations in the EU, often accompanied by poor … who can no longer take care of themselves. Also in the labour market, it is women who are the carers, with 76 % of … and of the pandemic, care workers are some of the lowest paid people in the EU. Their low salaries are a reflection of …
… the pandemic, with 7.7 million women unable to take up paid work because they were taking care of children and … already seeing larger shares of women than men leaving the labour market completely. Out of people who were unemployed … This can, of course, make it difficult to find time for paid work -- as was the case for 7.7 million women before the …
… done by women. The same is true of unpaid domestic labour, which still falls largely on the shoulders of women. … will have been the only way you’ve been able to take up paid work. Because otherwise you would have been doing it … apart. Yet domestic work includes some of the most under-paid and under-valued jobs in the labour market. For example, …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour market, according to a study by the European Institute … unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week – as opposed to 68 % of men. …
… unpaid care in households and gender inequalities in the labour market. The bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, and this hinders their access to employment. The paid care sector has a large share of women employees who are … usually make it more convenient for women to opt out of paid employment and care for their families, compared to men. …
… into ICT would reduce the persistent gender-pay gap in the labour market, which is partly due to a disproportionate amount of women concentrated in modestly paid jobs such as teaching and care-work. …