… 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 …
… There is a direct link between the unequal division of unpaid care in households and gender inequality in the labour … Equality (EIGE). Across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women, with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week – as opposed to 68 % of men. …
… 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. …
… What is work–life balance and why does it matter? Work–life balance is about striking a balance between ‘work’ and ‘life’. Here, ‘work’ means paidwork and ‘life’ means everything else – including, but …
… for Gender Equality (EIGE). “Women are using flexible work arrangements to juggle work and family life but this is … factors: women are concentrated in lower level and lower paid jobs, work more (both paid and unpaid) hours, take longer career breaks, and are …