EnEnWomen

The Jean Monnet Association is involved in this European project as part of the European Commission's "Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values" programme.

The project partners :

• Associazione InCo - Molfetta APS (Project leader) - Italy
• Universitatea Nationala De Educatie Fizica Si Sport Bucuresti - Romania
• Ayuntamiento de Altea - Spain

The project is a response to the human and social crisis linked to the COVID-19 epidemic in recent years.
This initiative aims to explore the effects of the pandemic on democratic debate and the enjoyment of basic human rights, with a particular focus on women, whose vulnerabilities have been amplified by the crisis in various studies. The themes explored are the following:

• the increase in violence against women
• passive participation in civic life
• education-related issues
• women's employment and gender equality

The project aims to reflect on these issues by sharing with a panel of women in the partner countries and beyond, to strengthen their active participation, to provide them with opportunities, to share expertise between institutions and organisations, to create a transnational dialogue and to strengthen citizens' awareness of rights and values.

(This project is realized with the support of the city of Bazoches sur Guyonne)

Violence

• 40% increase in reports of domestic violence during the first containment and 60% in the second
• 10% increase in violence recorded on the first containment
• 30% of victims of domestic violence report that the violence first occurred during confinement

Personal life

• 83 % of women living with children spent more than 4 hours per day (57 % of men) and 6 % between 2 and 4 hours per day (19 % of men)
• in 78% of cases, women were involved in childcare (the father in 55% of cases) while schools were closed
• 64% of women report having given up a medical procedure they needed, compared to 53% of men
• 58% of female employees reported being in psychological distress and 26.5% of women under 35 declared themselves to be tired compared to 14.5% of men

Professional life

• Mothers gave up work twice as often as fathers to look after their children (21 % versus 12 %)
• 55% of men versus 43% of women have access to a dedicated telework space in the home
• 63% of self-employed women stopped working during the first lockdown, twice as many as men
• 48% of women teleworkers were confined to one or more children compared to 37% of men

Inequality and Precariousness

• Over-representation of women in front-line jobs :
  • 95 % of childminders, domestic workers, home helpers and housekeepers
  • 91% of Health Care Assistants
  • 87% Nurses
  • 73% Maintenance workers
  • 76% cashiers and salespersons
  • 71% teachers
  • …
• 41% of women under 65 reported that their income had decreased since the first confinement
• More men were increased over the period
• The precariousness of women, especially single parents, has increased:
  • 9% of additional applications to the CAF
  • 18% of over-indebted households are women in single parent situations

Sources: CREDOC, OECD, INSEE, Ministry of the Interior, Oxfam, Fondation Jean Jaures, APEC