… Women rely more on public infrastructure for work—life … services and transportation is fundamental to people’s well-being and participation in social and economic … responsibilities and paid work underscores the critical role of public infrastructure in determining employment …
… of dual-earning and single-headed families as more women work outside of the home and not all families have … labour-market participation of women with children and men’s involvement in childcare, by undervaluing the social and … respectively. These figures reflect divergent views on the role of the state, the market and the family in the provision …
… Rising long-term care needs keenly felt by women The EU is currently experiencing unprecedented … to access. As such, research highlights the increasing role of domestic workers, often migrant women, in the … majority of formal and informal carers are women. Women’s greater involvement in informal care, which negatively …
… and various labour-market outcomes, such as increased women’s participation in the labour market and reduced gender pay … with childcare services. These all impact the behaviour of women and men taking leave and their participation in the …
… Across the EU, women and men report similar level of access to medical and … (OECD, 2017). Socioeconomic status and gender play a role in diseases and risk factors that contribute … ethnicity, to further exacerbate health inequities. Europe’s largest ethnic minority, the Roma, for example, face …
… Women’s representation in decision-making in research, media and … The change was mainly driven by the increase in women on boards of public broadcasters from 32 % in 2015 to … the 2015 level of 40 %, while their representation in this role in the 10 most popular Olympic sport federations stood …
… Not only does family type determine the overall time that women and men spend caring for their children, grandchildren, … day for at least 1 hour a day. Family formation plays a role when analysing the situation of women and men from … 42 % of young women. With older women taking on the lion’s share of care duties, and current demographic trends in the …
… formal and non-formal learning activities ensures women and men keep pace with ever-changing labour-market … and gender gaps, EU, 2017 A number of factors affect women’s and men’s participation in formal and informal education. … learning. While work schedules play a more significant role in preventing men from participation, the opposite is …
… Being a parent continues to hinder women, but not men, in the labour market. FTE employment rates of women with children were around 60 % (Figure 12) regardless … (28 p.p.), very large differences between women and men’s labour-market participation were noted also for those aged …
… scores (2015-2017, 2005-2012, 2005-2017) The rise of women in decision-making became a key driver of gender … 2005 and 2012 (see Table 2). Since 2015 the share of women in decision-making roles has increased in 24 Member … States (LT, NL, PL, SI), however, saw their share of women in decision-making fall in this period (see Table 1). …
… segregation and other gender inequalities in employment. Women not only remain over-represented in education, human … women and men alike remains elusive, due strictly to women’s particularly vulnerable access to jobs. While women’s … FWAs, especially if taken up by men. This underlines the role of men in freeing up women’s time resources and thus …
… social and economic environment, as well as a person’s individual characteristics and behaviour, and can be … healthcare (both preventive and curative) plays a critical role too. It has been affirmed as a right and is included in … targets also encompassing health issues affecting women. The domain of health measures three health-related …
… The time that women and men have for personal matters and their families … work (Hochschild, 1997), as well as the negotiation of the role of carers within families and society. Through gender … in education and the labour market. It also affects women’s employment patterns and prospects by exacerbating their …
… high-quality educational process for girls and boys and women and men provide benefits at individual and societal … women and men and to prevent a backlash against women’s rights (European Parliament, 2019). The Gender Equality … 2018e). Adult participation in learning plays a crucial role in the Europe 2020 flagship initiative, ‘An agenda for …
… arbitrarily connected to one gender, such as pink for women and blue for men. When designing communication … roles (sports people, or professionals) and only including women in stereotypical pursuits (cutting hair or dancers), or not including women at all. Some providers now include more options so that …
… society. A gender stereotype is a preconceived idea where women and men are assigned characteristics and roles … that all company directors are men and all secretaries are women. The other is assuming that all members of a gender … care to avoid stereotypes when talking about people’s occupations! The following pages highlight some instances …
… a gender. The logic here is: if we are treating women and men as equal, gender is ‘irrelevant’ to the … differences in the roles, situations and needs of women/girls and men/boys. Gender-blind projects, programmes … up to the task. Read more about gender blindness in EIGE's Glossary & Thesaurus …
… and norms within a society. It also shapes people's attitudes as to what is 'normal' and acceptable. Women play an active role in society, yet – all too often – we use language that …