European Year of Reconciling Work and Family Life

The past image of women staying at home, doing the house chores and raising children has in recent years turned into an expectation of women being able to lead a double life, one as a mother and wife and one as a career woman. This expectation has, however, led to an increasing number of families suffering from the conflict between their working and family life and in a decreasing birth rate. In order to raise awareness of this conflict and to improve the living and working situation of families in Europe, the EU has designated 2014 the year of reconciling work and family life. Throughout the next year special attention will be given to the organization of the labor market and to the modification of company-specific policies. The main aim of 2014’s European year is to promote family-friendly policies and their implementation as well as to address the challenges families in Europe have to face and to discuss methods for solving these. The focus will be on several of these challenges, including gender equality, childcare and on more flexibility of the working cycle regarding pregnancy.
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