… structural barriers, and societal ideas about what women’s work should look like contributed to pushing 7.7 million … women increased. There are women who are not seeking paidwork by choice. Before Covid, this figure had been … EU-wide survey, which asked women and men how much their paid and unpaid hours changed during the pandemic. This will …
… the existing system hasn’t quite worked. Women are still paid less. They are in a minority in positions of power, but … the economy, which, by the way, are often some of the best paid and highly respected ones – I will touch on this later … women have been doing about 36 hours of unpaid care work a week. That’s almost 2,000 hours a year, which, to put …
… in the European Union and shows trends in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power, health and violence. … can help both women and men combine private life with paidwork. However, I would like to stress that telework … skills if they want to take advantage of these new, well-paid jobs requiring a high level of digital skills. In the …
… challenges to the spotlight. The importance of care work, whether paid or unpaid, and its unequal distribution between women … Gender Equality Index is on digitalisation, the future of work and most importantly, the consequences for gender …
… important matter of care and who takes on this essential work, whether it’s paid or unpaid has also received a lot more attention in … are also heavily involved in other forms of essential care work, such as informal caring for people with a disability or …
… COVID-19 pandemic showed that: Due to lockdown measures, paid employment declined, while the amount of unpaid household work and childcare increased significantly. Even though men … during the summer of 2020, women did not return to paid employment to the same extent that men did. This could …
… ways. How common was burn out among parents combining paidwork, online home-schooling and household chores? What about … and men and levels of achievement in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health, and their …
… of people were confined to their homes, either unable to work or continuing virtually. This excludes workers … professions are some of the most undervalued and under-paid jobs in the EU. More than 50 % of personal care workers in health services are among the 30 % lowest paid workers. Domestic cleaners and helpers mainly work …