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      Unpaid care is often taken for granted. It's simply done without question as a labour of love. But EIGE’s new time use survey focused on care, leisure and volunteering activities reveals unpaid care is in a pressure cooker situation right now which demands introspection and long-term solutions. Data collected from all EU Member States found that 42% of women and 38% of men are involved in unpaid caregiving activities, such as caring for children, older family members, or people with disabilities.

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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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      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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      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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      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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Definition of parental leave

Leave granted to either parent in order to care for a child. 

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  • Step 5: Carefully measure progress

    … gender-equality engagement in the company. The uptake of parental leave by fathers is not primarily the result of availability … role models to encourage other future fathers to take up parental leave. In AON (Ireland) men are encouraged to share …

    Topics
    • Digital agenda
    • Employment
  • Parenthood measure – National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (FR)

    … for both mothers and fathers, before and after their parental leave. The objective is to support employees, improve work-life balance, and encourage fathers to take parental leave (which remains under-used in France). The …

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    France
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • EIGE presents the results of the report on reconciliation of work, private and family life

    … at EU level concerning maternity, paternity and parental leave, institutional care arrangements for children and … and the dependent elderly and to the allocation of parental leave between women and men. ” EIGE’s Senior …

    Date
    20 Oct 2011, 9:15 EEST - 21 Oct 2011, 15:00 EEST Europe/Athens
  • Work–Life Balance innovation at Deutsche Telekom AG

    … into its rules of governance the 2012 Family Care Leave Act ( Familienpflegezeitgesetz , FPfZG), and the first … adult relative or small child. In 2015, Germany introduced Parental Allowance Plus, providing options for flexible leave … either parent returns to work part-time during a period of parental leave; of if both parents return simultaneously and …

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    Germany
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    • Digital agenda
    • Employment
  • Step 4: Design a solid implementation plan

    … about equality in the workplace and promote family leave to support gender-equal participation in working life. … This pilot targeted  women managers who were about to take parental leave, were currently on parental leave, or had just returned from parental leave. As …

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    • Digital agenda
    • Employment
  • Reconciliation of professional activity and personal/family life (PT)

    … life. The initiative exempts professors who have taken parental leave (at least 100 days) from teaching duties, with the … as well as encouraging parents (women and men) to take parental leave. In 2018, within the scope of the EU-funded …

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    Portugal
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • Work-life balance for men and women remains unequal

    … discouraging reproduction. The 1996 EU Directive on Parental Leave is a reconciliation policy that has been established in … from work granted to a father to care for an infant. Parental leave is defined as an individual right to leave for …

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    • Employment
  • ‘Career Restart’ – Masaryk University Grant Agency, Brno (CZ)

    … researchers returning after a career break (e.g. after parental leave) and assist their reintegration into research teams. … post-doctoral academics in Czechia, especially due to long parental leave and a lack of affordable childcare for …

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    Czechia
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    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • Early childhood, when everything begins

    … situation in the European Union. First, let me start with parental leave. This is a right that is still much more likely to be … only about 10 % of fathers in the EU use their right for parental leave. Take up varies greatly across the EU, with 44 …

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    • Employment
    • Youth
  • Measures for a family-friendly firm

    … and a child-related time bonus is given for parents for leave for the first school day. Employees can take up to 30 days (instead of 10 days) unpaid leave each year. In some circumstances employees can work … Taking account of school holidays and the partner’s annual leave when planning employees’ annual leave; Reconciliation …

    Country
    Slovenia
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    • Employment
  • How to attract women to the workplace and keep them there?

    … organised to ensure employees of either gender who are on parental leave can stay in the company, and to make their return to … in payment. According to Austrian legislation, parental leave is between two months and two years, and can …

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    Austria
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    • Digital agenda
    • Employment
  • Equality and diversity: Netlight's cornerstone and strategic objective

    … children including providing compensation for periods of parental leave, reduced working hours following parental leave and children’s playrooms in all of its …

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    Finland
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    • Digital agenda
    • Employment
  • Julie Hamáčková award – University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) (CZ)

    … researchers returning after a career break (e.g. after parental leave) and assist their reintegration into research teams. … post-doctoral academics in Czechia, especially due to long parental leave and a lack of affordable childcare for …

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    Czechia
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Research
  • 10. Conclusions

    … and services to families, job protection provided by leave policies, public infrastructure and the overall … example, there should not be a care gap between the end of parental-leave provision and publicly subsidised high-quality … the gender inequalities that are caused and reproduced by parental-leave policy rules. While the parental leave …

  • The differing impacts of work-life balance on women and men during the pandemic

    … My husband’s company did not offer him generous paternity leave, and my company did not offer me flexibility in my … do this, governments need to earmark generous amounts of parental leave for all fathers. We can already look to some … states for good practices, such as “Use it or lose it” parental leave. In Sweden, the government offers an extra 90 …

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    • Health
  • An ambitious future for Europe's women after COVID-19: mental load, gender equality in teleworking and unpaid care work after the pandemic

    … from day 1, governments should earmark healthy amounts of parental leave for all fathers. In a number of EU Member States, this … all EU countries must now implement. Let’s not forget that parental leave should also be a right for those working in …

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    • Employment
    • Health
  • Reconciliation of Work and Family Life as a Condition of Equal Participation in the Labour Market: Main findings

    … at EU level concerning maternity, paternity and parental leave. They further presents the latest available sex disaggregated data for parental leave, for the time spent in different activities, …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Employment
  • A multi-pronged national campaign on the father’s role

    … parents returning to work after childbirth or childcare leave. The guiding principle was that work and family … men to play a more active role in parenting and to take parental leave in order to do so. The campaign was part of … new, and follows recent changes in policy on paternity and parental leave. Although the issue has attracted some public …

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    Poland
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Tackling the gender pay gap: not without a better work-life balance

    … work-life balance for working parents and carers, such as parental and carer’s leave and flexible working arrangements. Further information …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Employment
  • Employment

    … Policies aimed at promoting reconciliation include leave arrangements, flexible working-time arrangements, the … of others, which can be explained by a higher take-up of parental leave or by the position of women in the labour … Of these, 6 Member States have achieved both targets. Parental and maternity leave The Directive on Parental Leave …

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