… of gender equality. The amount of time spent in paid work, rest and recreation, or caring for others has knock-on … a person’s life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care is increasingly regarded as a determinant of … women are still expected to assume a greater share of unpaid care of children, older people and people with …
… interlinked. Motherhood and the unequal distribution of unpaid childcare between women and men make it harder for women to commit more time to paid work (EIGE, 2019e). The overall share of women in part-time work is greater since they balance paid jobs and unpaid care work to a greater extent than men (see Chapter 2, …
… Gender inequalities in the domain of work remain entrenched (EIGE, 2020a). They are reflected in … are key pillars of gender inequalities in the world of work, with unequal distribution of care, family and other … as never before, the crucial links between paid and unpaidwork, and between the economic and health spheres. …
… from adopting stereotypically masculine behaviour at work , showing they ‘have what it takes’ to succeed [1] . … said they had no budget for paternity leave. I had to take unpaid leave.” Dimitry, Diplomatic organisation Men who … found to face discrimination [8] . Fathers who want to work part-time can face discrimination Footnotes [1] Berdahl, …
… paid women Gender stereotypes linked to the value of work are partly to blame, with salaries in a profession going … in gender stereotypes for them to have an impact. At work, the effects of sexist expectations can already be … and informal expectations around who is responsible for unpaid care work . Although around 77 % of men aged 20–49 are …
… recipients, but even more for caregivers. Caring (paid or unpaid) for an old person takes a considerable toll on the … their professional career to reinvent themselves as unpaid caregivers when a member of the family needs … could help to decrease the disproportionate amount of care work for which women are responsible and thereby reduce …
… and sectoral segregation, part-time or temporary work, gender stereotypes and norms, difficulties in … The ILO (2018c) study accounts for both the paid and unpaidwork that underpins platform work: searching for tasks, taking unpaid qualification tests, researching clients to mitigate …
… allow more flexibility in where and when people work. Flexible working arrangements typically relate to how … by blurred boundaries between leisure time and unpaid care, with phenomena such as contamination (leisure … schedules, often involving a considerable amount of unpaid time spent searching for work and the need to be …
… two closely related processes: increased flexibility of work and the emergence of new forms of work. Increases in … is often the only option for people to combine substantial unpaid care responsibilities (primarily taken on by women) … reduce gender inequalities in the distribution of unpaidwork (and thus contribute to gender equality in the …
… Apart from its potential to replace human work, digitalisation offers a range of new opportunities, … suggests that there is considerable demand for outsourcing unpaid domestic work via platforms. This could support the … market is held back by their disproportionate share of unpaidwork may decide to outsource this work, often to …
… The unequal distribution of paid and unpaidwork along gender lines is considered one of the root causes … devalued and unaccounted for in GDP measures, daily unpaid care shouldered disproportionately by women is …