International Women's Day 2022: time to focus on unpaid care work
Women still do most of the unseen care work. The European Parliament wants to highlight the issue, which has been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. Watch our video to find out more.
The lockdowns have increased working from home, which has led to conflicts between work and home life. Women still do the majority of unpaid care work, including childcare or taking care of older family members.
The Covid-19 crisis has likely aggravated gender inequalities in this field and reconciling work and family life is significantly affecting women’s mental health. A survey has confirmed that the growth in unpaid care work and teleworking has affected women's mental health and their work-life balance. Find out more in our infographics.
Women are overrepresented among minimum wage earners in most EU countries, particularly in the healthcare sector, which has been under a lot of pressure.
Find out more on the European Parliament’s fight for gender equality in the EU
Find out more
- Briefing: gender equality
- Study on gender equality: the economic value of care from the perspective of the applicable EU funds
- The impact of teleworking and digital work on workers and society
- Oksana Zabuzhko: ‘Ukrainians are fighting to free Europe from the spectre of totalitarianism’ (8 March 2022)
- International Women’s Day: Parliament shows solidarity with Ukraine (3 March 2022)
- New Eurobarometer survey highlights severe impact of Covid-19 pandemic on women (4 March 2022)
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Watch the meeting of the women's rights committee on 3 March 2022
