Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Women in Europe

Today Erkan posted interesting news about a study on women in Europe which claims that they are better educated, earn less, and have fewer hours of leisure.
Women in some EU countries spend more than three times longer than men doing domestic work like cleaning, cooking and childcare. In contrast, men in many countries spend more than twice as much time earning money or learning as women do. The discrepancy is worst in mediterranean countries like Italy and Spain, but the example of Germany shows that even countries considering themselves well advanced in gender equality suffer from structural deficits: Insufficient childcare in Germany accounts for the lowest level of women's professional activity throughout the EU.

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