… the clock assistance. And unpaid care also means household work. In the fragile context of the pandemic, all these forms … need to empower both women and men to use flexible work for family responsibilities – so if a child needs to be … progress is not just a pipedream. The recent bill on paid menstrual leave is a testament to that. Futher from …
… persist in the EU. Women are less likely to be in paidwork than men, with 67 % of working age women in employment, … number of women may find themselves unable to take up paidwork. Currently, this employment loss costs the EU …
… see gender balance for another 125 years. Quotas clearly work. But for some reason, they still make people uneasy. … progression. And even when women are able to return to work after having children, even when they have managed to … some 7.7 million women in the EU are kept out of paidwork because they are providing care. To put that into …
… in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy job losses, … assumption that caring is still women’s work, even when paid, contributes to its undervaluation. When thinking about … skills if they want to take advantage of the new, well-paid jobs becoming available, which require a high level of …
… 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 …