According to the Carers' Association, the Finnish government program has many good entries to improve the status of carers and they must be carried forward despite the deteriorating economic outlook. Labor Minister Arto Satonen says that in order to improve…
Our member Greek Carers Network EPIONI is actively involved in coordinating informative gatherings, teaming up with experts to tackle a diverse range of medical, legal, educational, and employment subjects that are pertinent to the wider public, with a special focus on…
To mark European Carers Day, Family Carer’s Ireland today launched a paper on ‘Gender Dimensions of Care – An Irish Perspective’. This paper explores the current gender care gap in Ireland, the evolving family unit and how this is changing…
“Inequality in unpaid care provision have deep effects on the well-being of women throughout their life-span”, warns Maciej Kucharczyk, Secretary-General of AGE Platform Europe. “Older women face an average pension gap of 27% vis-à-vis men on average in the EU;…
Equality Care Should be Shared and Fair This European Carers Day, Eurocarers and its members are calling on all European governments to tackle gender equality in caregiving, shine a light on the role of informal carers and highlight the…
Carers Finland celebrated its 30th anniversary by organizing the second Carers Parliament on European Carers Day on October 6th. Over 300 people, carers, care recipients, volunteers, professionals, researchers and policymakers, attended the online Parliament. In a panel discussion hosted by…
On the 6th of October, Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga (The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre) organized a webinar to celebrate the second European Carers Day. Since the theme of this year’s European Carers Day was young carers, Nka’s webinar focused on…
On the occasion of European Carers’ Day, celebrated on October 6, the undersigned would like to express their continued support to giving a voice to informal carers and advocating their recognition, rights and interests. This year, we particularly welcome the…
In the framework of this year's European Carers Day, on the 6th of October, we are celebrating young carers across Europe. At this occasion, members of our Young Carers Working Group have developed a policy call to action to promote…
Across Europe, 7-8% of children are young carers, i.e., children and young people who provide care for a relative or friend with long-lasting limitations (e.g., chronic illness, disability, frailty or addiction). They are still too often invisible and their needs…
