… outside of the EU, and half of them are women and girls. Work, study and reuniting with family members, as well as … represented in lower paid occupations and work in the informal economy, such as domestic work and care work, where human rights abuses are commonplace …
… competing demands on time (double burden of home and work responsibilities). Although most of these difficulties … entrepreneurs horizontal gender segregation reconciling work and family life prejudices and stereotypes about women … Some studies also point out that women’s ‘double burden’ (work and family obligations) and other social obligations may …
… are also important as farmers. In addition to paid farm work, women still assume the main share of unpaid … and communities. There is also under-reporting of women’s work, as women tend to classify and report themselves as not … particularly when undertaking unpaid agricultural work. In fact: Women provide a large proportion of the labour …
… generally speaking, graduates in these disciplines tend to work in the cultural and creative sector. In some countries, … women and men. This has marked effects on all forms of work, and such difference and inequality is likely to assume … under-represented at higher levels. A considerable body of work shows that a glass ceiling prevents the advancement of …
… Internet means: increased efficiency/productivity in their work and businesses; improved access to markets to sell and … the perception that some subjects and fields of study and work are ‘feminine’ or ‘masculine’. Indeed, the ICT field is … to the leaky pipeline in the career steps: a poor work–life balance, organisational constraints, a …
… the effects can be seen in increased numbers starting work. The evidence is consistent with the theory that the … company-specific and can include telework and compressed work schedules. Policies could encourage a more … limited career opportunities associated with part-time work. Finally, regulatory reform that supports child and …
… adults. Boys are significantly more likely to expect to work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics … to expect their sons, rather than their daughters, to work in a STEM field, even when boys and girls perform at the … situation is the persistent labelling of study areas and work as either ‘feminine’ or ‘masculine’. According to the …
… stable. The slow tempo of changes in the sharing of unpaid work represents a serious constraint for women’s equal access … market concern differences in: employment rate. part-time work. unpaid care and family responsibilities. access to … rate: almost a third (32%) of employed women across Europe work part-time. Women’s increased activity rates do not …
… needs. Women spend more time than men in unpaid household work. This means that women spend more time at home and are … blackouts that occur during meal preparation can mean more work for women. Certain aspects of access to energy (e.g. … gender stereotypes. the difficulty of achieving a work–family life balance which discourages women from taking …
… extreme weather events and an increased burden from care work. There is also evidence of gender-specific consumption … into solutions targeted towards mitigation and adaptation work and to disseminate information on gender equality in … It also contains information about gender-aware climate work in the Nordic countries as well as the Faroe Islands, …
… law system is based on the principle of recognising paid work. However, this system does not take into account domestic work, which is generally carried out by women, thus … reinforcing the lower value ascribed to family and caring work. Gender equality in the civil law system is therefore …
… statistics grossly underestimate the reality of women’s work in some of these sectors, and the widespread economic … the fisheries sector in Member States. Of these women, 4% work in the extractive sector and in jobs linked to the … boats (as net makers, port workers or packers), 30% work in aquaculture (chiefly shellfish gathering on foot), …
… in R & I are not limited to positions, working time or work contracts, but are also evident in R & I outputs like … equality actions and policies and to promote effective work–life balance measures. The Council also called upon the … and was mainstreamed in each of the different parts of the work programme, ensuring a more integrated approach to R & I. …
… skating and equestrian sports) and they predominantly work with women, adolescents or children who compete at local … coaches is very low and, in cases where women coaches work with athletes at higher performance levels, they … not to be forced to choose between education and sport or work and sport ’. Gender-based violence in and through sport …
… in the community. Tourism also offers part-time and shift work, which can support work–life balance. Increasing women’s participation in … poverty but can also change the way decisions are made at work and in the community. Women, who previously felt lacking …
… system does not enable them to travel to and from work in time to also meet their domestic family care … closer to or at home, so as to combine their care and work responsibilities. Segregation in the labour market … technicians, or in occupations involving physical work and a heavy workload, whereas women predominate in …