Informal carers provide a vital service to society. Yet their work remains unevenly shared and often invisible. EIGE’s latest survey shows how this limits careers, widens gender employment gaps and ultimately drains overall productivity. Across Europe, millions balance paid work with caring for children, for older relatives, or persons with disabilities. This workload falls heavily on women. Key findings on gender and care in the EU from the survey Women and men both provide care, but the intensity still differs Housework remains unevenly shared Combining paid work and care is a shared…
Informal carers provide a vital service to society. Yet their work remains unevenly shared and often invisible. EIGE’s latest survey shows how this limits careers, widens gender employment gaps and ultimately drains overall productivity. Across Europe, millions balance paid work with caring for children, for older relatives, or persons with disabilities. This workload falls heavily on women. Key findings on gender and care in the EU from the survey Women and men both provide care, but the intensity still differs Housework remains unevenly shared Combining paid work and care is a shared… Read More
