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      Gender-targeted measures in the Recover and Resilience Facility (RRF) - a Post COVID-19 EU support programme - are strikingly absent, as EIGE’s latest evidence finds.

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      Achieving equality between women and men makes everyone better off. We have come a long way, but there’s still more to do. Let’s shape an economy where gender equality, social fairness and prosperity go hand in hand. #3StepsForward is how policymakers, business leaders and individuals can unite to build a fairer future. We all have a role to play. Join our #3StepsForward campaign and do your part!

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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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    • Sexism at work: How can we stop it?

      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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    • What does it take to achieve gender equality? – Resources and structures key for women's empowerment

      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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    • GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality

      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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    • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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  • Fictional case study 1: reconciling paid work and childcare

    … of possible interventions under the ESF+ and/or ERDF for work-life balance, what ESF+ and ERDF-funded actions would make a difference to Ine's work-life balance? What data do you need to develop … working exist for people who have to cross the city to work (ERDF policy objective 3) Reflect on what additional …

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  • Work stressors

    … The working environment for those in paid jobs often causes chronic stress and may lead to burnout … labour market, women’s over-representation in precarious work and the continued difficult articulation between paid and unpaid work, work-related stressors are likely to …

  • Domain of work

    … Gender inequalities in the domain of work remain entrenched (EIGE, 2020a). They are reflected in … norms, including leaving jobs or substantially reducing paid work time to meet care needs. This has consequences for … is exposing, as never before, the crucial links between paid and unpaid work, and between the economic and health …

  • Digital transformation of the world of work

    … several key advances in the digitalisation of the world of work. While these can be understood as a continuation of … contributes to the growth of employment in certain well-paid sectors that require advanced digital skills, such as … linked to digitalisation, one usually offering well-paid, high-quality jobs (the ICT sector) and the other often …

  • Sexism at work

    … gap , as fields dominated by men tend to be more highly paid than those dominated by women. Even when women are … . Computer programming used to be dominated by modestly paid women Gender stereotypes linked to the value of work are partly to blame, with salaries in a profession going …

  • 2. Domain of work

    … primary consider­ations in the debate over the future of work (European Commission, 2019). With paid work being the main source of income for most families … inequalities concerning the quality and accessibility of paid work. Gender segregation in the labour market is …

  • Guaranteeing gender equality in the domestic work sector

    … how we can bring more gender equality into the domestic work sector. Let’s start with the obvious. The rights of … 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, …

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  • Better work-life balance would shrink the gender pay gap

    … 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 …

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  • New forms of work and flexible working practices in the context of the ICT sector and platform work

    … two closely related processes: increased flexibility of work and the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in … care responsibilities (primarily taken on by women) with paid employment, and because it can encompass those who … favourable working conditions: they are relatively well paid, require less work during atypical working hours, and …

  • Gender pay gap in ICT and platform work

    … and sectoral segregation, part-time or temporary work, gender stereotypes and norms, difficulties in … underpaid and undervalued. Both women and men are well paid in ICT but the gender pay gap persists Attracting women to well-paid ICT and STEM jobs is seen as an important policy tool to …

  • Advancing work–life balance with the EU Funds

    … 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 paid work and ‘life’ means everything else – including, but …

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  • Connecting and disconnecting and work-life balance

    … Carlien Scheele delivered this speech at the “Remote Work: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities" conference on the … parents, of cooking three meals a day.  This work is not paid and you won’t find it in countries’ balance sheets, but … work also eats into the time you’re trying to reserve for paid work. Our latest findings show that during Covid, …

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  • Unpaid care: Around one third of women and men struggle to strike a work-life balance in the EU

    … men in employment who experience difficulties in combining paid work with care responsibilities at least 4 days a week (%, … how often do you experience difficulties in combining paid work with your care responsibilities? Answers: Every …

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  • Employment prospects in the ICT sector and platform work

  • Supporting work life balance to get more women into ICT

    … disproportionate amount of women concentrated in modestly paid jobs such as teaching and care-work. …

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  • Unpaid childcare still hindering women from working full time

    … migrant women are usually limited to working in low-paid care jobs (Addati, 2018; EIGE, 2020c, 2021d). FRA (2019) … women are considerably less likely than men to be in paid work, with the gender gap  ranging from 19 p.p. in …

  • Work-life balance for men and women remains unequal

    … 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 …

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  • Digitalisation and work–life balance

    … allow more flexibility in where and when people work. Flexible working arrangements typically relate to how … burden of household work, despite also being in paid work (see Chapter 5, ‘Domain of time’). The rest of this … generally more common among women who work in higher paid jobs or who have non-standard contracts (EIGE, 2018d). …

  • EIGE presents the results of the report on reconciliation of work, private and family life

    … presented the results of the  report on reconciliation of work, private and family life  prepared in close cooperation … for children and dependent elderly and distribution of paid and unpaid work between women and men. EIGE’s Director … dependent elderly men and women and the distribution of paid and unpaid work, describing the methodology used to …

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    20 Oct 2011, 9:15 EEST - 21 Oct 2011, 15:00 EEST Europe/Athens
  • Reconciliation of work and family life as a condition of equal participation in the labour market

    … and are more likely than men to be involved in both paid and unpaid work. Women’s working lives are more likely to be affected by …

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