… Sweden and Belgium more men than women perceive facing work-life tensions nearly every day. If we look at cooking … hand in hand with lower employment opportunities, reduced work hours and lower income. And this cost is much higher for … women than men. For some women, choices and expectations work against each other. I know this because I recently spoke …
… Today, one-in-three people 1 across the EU are unpaid informal carers for family members or friends in need … States need to address the significant gender gaps in unpaid care and provide robust care systems to avoid … not yet seen a meaningful or fairer redistribution of unpaid care duties within EU households. And that needs to …
… structural barriers, and societal ideas about what women’s work should look like contributed to pushing 7.7 million … average, women across the EU have carried out 36 hours of unpaidwork a week. This is 2,000 hours a year. 2,000 hours a … or less what you would spend on full time employment. This unpaidwork creates a vicious cycle. It props up so many of …
… put in place pandemic recovery budgets and policies that work for both women and men. As our economies start to … as well as challenges. For instance, in childcare. Unpaid care work in the home really exploded for women during the …
… challenges to the spotlight. The importance of care work, whether paid or unpaid, and its unequal distribution between women and men is … Gender Equality Index is on digitalisation, the future of work and most importantly, the consequences for gender …
… measures, paid employment declined, while the amount of unpaid household work and childcare increased significantly. Even though men … men. The survey collected data on the thematic areas of unpaid care, paid work, services, support and well-being. The …
… in retail, accommodation, residential care, domestic work and clothing manufacturing suffered heavy job losses. … more care responsibilities than before, women’s share of unpaidwork has increased. Online schooling represents a new form of unpaid care for parents, especially for women who are more …
… workloads, night shifts and low pay characterise their work. These factors will not attract more people to a sector … the EU. But we must also recognise the value of care work by increasing wages and improving working conditions. … care services mean that women often pick up the burden of unpaid care at home. This limits their career opportunities …