… peers. They are less likely to have a university degree, work outside the home and they experience a higher risk of … women do the bulk of the cooking, household tasks and care work. This situation is mirrored among persons with … These factors make it harder for women to engage in paidwork outside the home. Low participation in the …
… girls and boys, there is also a division in the type of work they choose. More boys end up in engineering and IT … the type of jobs they go into are usually valued less and paid less, e.g. child-care workers. EIGE’s study on gender … in the job market. Special focus will be on people who work less than 10 hours a week, earn a low salary or have a …
… or sick and disabled relatives keeps many women out of paidwork and this has life-long consequences for their career, … of the EU (2016). This report is part of EIGE's regular work to monitor progress in the implementation of the Beijing …
… by EIGE suggests that, despite improvements in policy, the work-life balance for men and women remains unequal in … example, where paternity leave is transferable, or poorly paid, the take-up is low. Employers may favour male recruits … when the mother returns to work. Paternity leave is a paid or unpaid leave of absence from work granted to a father …
… Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women paid a visit to EIGE. Ms. Kvapilova met with the institute' s … the whole discussion on Gender Equality with the important work it is to carry out in future. It would be very …
… Science and Culture of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) paid a courtesy visit to the European Institute for Gender Equality to discuss its work with representatives of the institute lead by Director …
… took up his duties 1 January 2011 and on 16 th of March he paid his first visit to EIGE. Denmark is to take over the EU … discussed EIGE’s director Virginija Langbakk. EIGE is to work close with the Danish Presidency on the area of Women & …
… inequality remains an issue. Women are in general not paid equally for the same job as men, women are not equally … care responsibilities are either economically inactive or work part-time due to the lack of care services for children … [3]. 19. Despite spending fewer hours on average in paid employment, women work more hours than men when …
… in the area F: Women and the Economy Reconciliation of Work and Family Life as a Condition of Equal Participation in … for children and dependent elderly and distribution of paid and unpaid work between women and men. …