'The economic crisis has profoundly affected the labour market and private life of men and women. This study examines the interrelation of policies with the ways women and men allocate time to paid work, care and leisure and the gendered outcomes produced in different socio-economic and cultural settings. It shows that policies are powerful tools which can contribute to a better work-life balance and transform gender roles in accordance to the targets of EU2020 strategy and EU28 commitment to gender equality.'
'The aim of this comparative report is to identify the structural characteristics of the sexual division of – paid and unpaid – labour and to suggest how this may effect women’s access to and experiences of academic professions, particularly whether (or not) women are expected to maintain continuous and full-time commitment to the labour market over the entire course of their adult lives: whether or not they are presumed to have main responsibility for domestic and care activities and whether or not measures exist to facilitate the combination of work and personal / family life, either at the national or institutional level.'