Ulla Björnberg Department of Sociology Gothenburg University Sweden UllaBjornbergsociologyguse Paid work and gender equality Implications for gender equality is dependant on region and class ID: 384586
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Gender regimes, employment and family. What is gender equality?
Ulla Björnberg
Department of Sociology
Gothenburg University
Sweden
Ulla.Bjornberg@sociology.gu.seSlide2
Paid work and gender equality
Implications for gender equality is dependant on region and classSlide3
The problem of care and gender equality
The extended family decreasing source of care
Migrant women as workers domestic workers
Extension of public careSlide4
Care as a class problem
Poor families
Lower and middle educated women-
Higher educated women
Childlessness as an optionSlide5
Gender regimes
Care – a concern for men and women
Commodification of care
Leave schemes – maternity leave, Paternity leave, parental leave
Men and care – how to make them take on care
Regulation of working conditionsSlide6
Conclusions
Unequal sharing of care and domestic work is a main reason behind social reproduction of gender inequality
The extended intergenerational caring family is decreasing
The care problem is locally and globally interlinked
Men as carers must be more focussed in policies
Regulations of working conditions globally and locally