Essays about: "unpaid responsibilities"
Found 3 essays containing the words unpaid responsibilities.
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1. Sliding into a Gendered Division of Labour
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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2. The Filipino-American Care Chain : Gender, Transnational Migration and the Globalisation of Care
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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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 samhällsvetenskapAbstract : 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