… that recycling, turning down the heating and walking to work is good for the planet. Those individual acts are … due to structural inequalities like unfair burden of paid and unpaid care work, the pay gap or the pension gap.” This is one of the …
… men in employment who experience difficulties in combining paidwork with care responsibilities at least 4 days a week (%, … how often do you experience difficulties in combining paidwork with your care responsibilities? Answers: Every …
… signs of a worsening situation for women in many areas of work and home life. The Index paints a picture of rising … is a big concern. We have to value caring and cleaning work done by women. We need to challenge the assumption that … for women. The impact was particularly strong for those in paid employment. Women were also more likely than men to face …
… down. Our homes became a one-stop-shop to eat, sleep, work and socialise, and also for many, homes became … has recorded decreases in scores within the domains of work, knowledge, and health. In the area of power, however, … reported a higher capacity to combine caring duties and paidwork, buy using more flexitime, for instance. We also …
… for Equality”, held in Brussels on 24 June 2022. If we work together, we can overcome inequality. I start my … gaps shows that society continues to undervalue women’s work throughout all areas of the economy. To give you a … data shows that in workplaces dominated by men, women are paid 30 % less than men for the same work. The continued …
… 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 …