… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… sector (when compared to other sectors of the economy) work–life balance the provision of supportive and safe … working document on the action plan explains: The issue of work–life balance is all the more relevant in the healthcare … conditions are often demanding (e.g., night and shift work), overall wage levels in health and social services tend …
… 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), …