Balancing Familial Life and Work

1. Balancing Familial Life and Work Emmi Papazoglou KEDKE International Relations Officer

2. 1. Research on actions concerning reconciliation: CARE Programme A research was conducted to investigate the manner of: • designing • programming • implementing • controlling actions regarding reconciliation of familial, social and professional life

3. 2. Programmes & Actions regarding reconciliation • Disabled Children Creative Activity Centres (DCCAC) • Day Care Centres for the Elderly (DCCE) • Assistance at Home • All-day Schools – Auxiliary Infrastructures

4. Agencies Involved State Agencies: • Ministry of Employment and Social Protection • General Secretariat for Gender Equality • Research Centre for Gender Equality Social Agencies: • INE-GSEE (Legal Service) • EQUAL

5. Women’s Employment 1) Women account for 51% of the total working age population, yet only 40.8% of the labor force and 38.7% of the employed. Women unemployed are 61.9% of total unemployed. 2) 2.6% of adults in Greece live in single-parent households 5% of the households with minors under 18 are single-parent families and the vast majority of single-parent family heads are women 3) Promotion of the participation of women in the labor market can be achieved through their disengagement fron the increased family tasks that they are charged with (raise children, care for elderly etc)

6. Unemployment rate per gender

7. Integrated interventions in favor of women • Integrate women in the labor market • Inform & promote self-organization • Legal support in matters of family, labor and commercial law

8. KEDKE ActionsCommittee for Gender Equality • Promote equality • Improve access • Participation of women in the labor market • Shape structures such as the Bureaus for Equality at the Municipalities • Participates in European Programmes

9. Thank you very much!