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Dutch COFACE member Pro Parents campaign on safer standards for pregnant workers

Jun 24, 2024 | News

Dutch COFACE member Pro Parents are stressing the importance of strong safety standards and adequate conditions for women working during pregnancy. 50% of pregnant women in the Netherlands work in unsafe conditions. This shocking statistic was recently uncovered from research by Dr. Monique van Beukering. Dr van Beukering is a company doctor, scientific researcher and domain expert at Pro Parents Workplace Wellbeing.

Motherhood employment gap: shedding light on the vicious cycle

Mar 7, 2024 | Media Releases, News

On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2024, COFACE Families Europe is calling on EU policymakers and employers to take concrete and effective measures to close the gender employment gap in the EU. Women’s participation in employment is significantly affected by motherhood, with negative consequences for their health, for families and the economy.

Gender Equality and Work-Life Balance Policies during and after the COVID-19 crisis

Mar 10, 2023 | News

Unpaid care duties are key to gender gaps in the labour market. As illustrated in a report published by the European Commission, across the Member States, care responsibilities are equally shared between women and men only in about one-third of families. The interplay between labour market and household conditions may create vicious cycles.

The Right to Decide – Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Persons with Disabilities

Dec 14, 2022 | News

Sexual and reproductive health and rights belong as much to persons with disabilities as to everyone else. Yet lack of knowledge and information often create barriers to access. Women and girls with disabilities also have a clearly higher risk of facing human rights violations such as forced sterilization or denied access to contraception.

#FamilyTeamWork – Join the movement and get the conversation started in your family about the equal sharing of caring and household tasks

May 2, 2022 | #FamilyTeamwork, Campaigns

To mark International Day of Families 2022, COFACE Families Europe launches #FamilyTeamWork, a joint campaign with Men Engage Eastern Europe & Central Asia, a UNFPA-led platform.

The EU Commission proposes EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence.

Mar 17, 2022 | News

Violence against women and domestic violence are pervasive throughout the EU and are estimated to affect 1 in 3 women in the EU. On International Day of Women’s Rights, March 8th 2022, the European Commission presented EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence.

OPINION: Being a man in a woman’s world – gender equality should also involve men

Mar 11, 2020 | #WorkLifeBalance, Opinions

Gender equality cannot only be an exclusive women’s affair, and thus needs to include the other half of the equation, men.

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Dutch COFACE member Pro Parents campaign on safer standards for pregnant workers

Motherhood employment gap: shedding light on the vicious cycle

Gender Equality and Work-Life Balance Policies during and after the COVID-19 crisis

The Right to Decide – Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Persons with Disabilities

#FamilyTeamWork – Join the movement and get the conversation started in your family about the equal sharing of caring and household tasks

The EU Commission proposes EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence.

OPINION: Being a man in a woman’s world – gender equality should also involve men

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