Essays about: "unpaid responsibilities"

Found 3 essays containing the words unpaid responsibilities.

  1. 1. Sliding into a Gendered Division of Labour

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Selina Furgler; [2019]
    Keywords : division of labour; gender equality; family policy; couples’ decision-making; gendered master status; transition to parenthood; part-time work; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Switzerland the one-and-a-half-earner model where the father is the primary wage-earner working full-time and the woman is the secondary wage-earner working part-time while taking over the majority of care and housework responsibilities is predominant. This is discussed criti-cally as the normative and institutional context incentivises parents to adopt a division of labour that disadvantages women in terms of economic vulnerability and social recognition. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Filipino-American Care Chain : Gender, Transnational Migration and the Globalisation of Care

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Thydén Nanna; [2019]
    Keywords : Care chains; domestic workers; care drain; remittances; transnational families; Philippines; United States;

    Abstract : By caring for children, the elders and the ill, care workers are fundamental for the global economy and for peoples’ well-being. As confirmed in this thesis, the majority of domestic workers are migrant women. READ MORE

  4. 3. Analysing gender equality in EU’s work-life balance policy: -What is the problem represented to be?

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Neema Sherpa; [2019]
    Keywords : Gender equality; policy analysis; problem representation; work-life reconciliation; work-life balance; childcare; paid work; unpaid responsibilities;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on work-life balance policy; one of the key field of EU gender equality policies. The purpose of this study was to analyze most recently proposed policy on work-life balance ‘An initiative to support work-life balance for working parents and carers’ that aims to upgrade existing policy and legal frameworks. READ MORE