Flexible working arrangements and gender equality in Europe

Flexible working arrangements and gender equality in Europe

Original title
Flexible working arrangements and gender equality in Europe
Year
2024
Theme
Gender care/unpaid work gap and work-life balance;
Gender gaps in the labour market

Author: Heejung Chung

The report summarises the state of art in the theory and evidence around flexible working and gender equality, updating current knowledge especially with regards to changes that have occurred during and ‘post-pandemic’.

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Case studies on obstetric violence

Case studies on obstetric violence

Original title
Case studies on obstetric violence: experience, analysis, and responses
Year
2023
Theme
Gender mainstreaming, including in budgeting;
Gender-based violence;
Intersectional aspects of gender equality

The four Case Studies on the issue of obstetric violence in this volume were 
prepared to inform the development of the wider study on the topic, ‘Obstetric 
violence in the European Union: Situational analysis and policy recommendations’. The case studies were undertaken in the third quarter of 2022 by national experts in France (Virginie Rozée and Clémence Schantz), the Netherlands (Rodante van der Waal and Marit van der Pijl), the Slovak Republic (Barbora Holubová) and Spain (Stella Villarmea and Adela Recio Alcaide). 

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Obstetric violence in the European Union

Obstetric violence in the European Union

Original title
Obstetric violence in the European Union: situational analysis and policy recommendations
Year
2023
Theme
Gender mainstreaming, including in budgeting;
Gender-based violence;
Intersectional aspects of gender equality

Author: Patrizia Quattrocchi

The study explores the issue of obstetric violence in European Union Member States  to contribute to the better understanding of this phenomenon and of current responses to the issue. It is undertaken in the context of growing public awareness of and concern about the issue, an established imperative for quality care at childbirth, and an understanding of obstetric violence as a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violence and institutional violence.

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