… women in the EU were disproportionally more engaged in unpaid care work in 2017. Almost 38 % took care of children, … is the primary reason for economic inactivity or part-time work. As much as 10 % of women, compared to 0.5 % of men, …
… effectiveness, not least because of barriers to accessing work and earning a decent income. The risk of poverty rises … pensions they receive. Although women’s shouldering of unpaid care duties is often perceived as a ‘family’ choice, … explicit societal awareness of the financial impact of unpaid duties, a burden primarily borne by women. It also …
… responsibilities has hardly changed. The bulk of this unpaidwork continues to fall on women. That makes it harder for them to juggle work and personal life, which impacts on their earning …
… The Index measures gender equalities in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power, health and violence, as … Index. The special focus for this, the 2019 edition, is on work—life balance, an issue of high EU political importance. … balance cuts across three broad areas: paid work, unpaidwork (care), and education and training. It presents …
… Gender Equality Index 2019 Domain of work The domain of work, with a score of 72.0, keeps the … women and men. Women are engaged disproportionally more in unpaid care work, but even more strikingly in other domestic … changing in more than a decade. Gender inequalities in unpaid domestic work are highest between women and men who …
… it implies the negotiation of boundaries between paid and unpaidwork (Hochschild, 1997), as well as the negotiation of the … gender stereotyping, domestic and care work (mostly unpaid) is associated with women, and paid work with men. As …
… for Gender Equality (EIGE). “Women are using flexible work arrangements to juggle work and family life but this is rarely the case for men. Our … lower level and lower paid jobs, work more (both paid and unpaid) hours, take longer career breaks, and are more likely …
… with respect to benefits, employment, income, education, unpaidwork, decision-making and health. Actors involved The scope … impact assessments in Austria. Guidelines To perform this work, two main tools have been designed so far to support …
… leave can stay in the company, and to make their return to work easier. With initiatives targeting men as well as women, company figures show that both genders benefit from work–life balance to same extent. Having implemented … Since 2014, employees have enjoyed the right to take an unpaid leave or work part-time in order to care for a …
… successful in integrating a gender perspective into the work of an institution, a policy area, etc. More about … the components and activities of the same EU intervention work well together to achieve its objectives) and externally … resources and activities were needed, such as unpaid or voluntary work, additional funding for transport …