Gender regimes, employment and family. What is gender equality? Ulla Björnberg Department of Sociology Gothenburg University Sweden

Paid work and gender equality Implications for gender equality is dependant on region and class

The problem of care and gender equality The extended family decreasing source of care Migrant women as workers domestic workers Extension of public care

Care as a class problem Poor families Lower and middle educated women- Higher educated women Childlessness as an option

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 conditions

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