Category Archives: Work and gender

Young people and well-being: analysing social and working factors behind the mental health crisis

The research focuses on the state of mental health and emotional well-being of the young population in Catalonia. There is an increasingly shared conviction that in today’s society, promoting the mental health of young people is an unavoidable priority. The

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Evaluation of the “VilaVeïna” Program

VilaVeïna is a pioneering municipal initiative to address care in small territorial units, in which specialized professional teams, people receiving care and citizens are part of a community network and co-responsible for the collective welfare. It is a project aimed

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Changes in domestic and care work: from gender specialization to dragging tasks?

The objective of the research is to deepen the analysis of the trends of change in the distribution of domestic and care work from a gender perspective. Specifically, the following research question is formulated: What factors facilitate the egalitarian distribution

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Gender Equality in the Uses of Time: changes, resistance and continuities – GENERA

GENERA is a project funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation within the framework of governmental programs for the Generation of Knowledge. The project aims at analysing the changes, resistance, and continuities in the use of time devoted to

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The incorporation of men into paid care. Challenges, opportunities and strategies of action from the public administration

Study on the incorporation of men into paid care, analysis of the opportunities that the promotion of the presence of men has in occupations related to care for gender equality in Catalonia. We also take into consideration the analysis of

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A qualitative approach to sexual harassment in the world of work

The aim of the study is to make a qualitative approach to sexual and gender-based harassment in the workplace in order to learn about the perceptions, experiences and socially shared imaginaries that are part of this phenomenon. The starting point

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Support assessment of the Equality Law

Collaboration with Ivalua for the evaluation of the Law 17/2015 for the effective equality of women and men. Start date: 30/03/2021 End date: 31/12/2021 Funding: Institut Català d’Avaluació de Polítiques Públiques Reference: 7055-2021-36 Principal investigator: Sara Moreno

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Dynamisation of a forum of expert people from the project “Towards a new public care system in the community” and drafting a report of recommendations for improving

The Equality and Sustainability Area of the Barcelona Provincial Counci has launched the project Towards a new public system of care in the community with the aim of strengthening local care services, especially home care and tele-aid. Within the framework

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Improving the employability of youth in the territory

This study aims to redefine intervention proposals for the promotion of youth employment from different levels; firstly, by adapting training offers to the most emerging sectors that generate employment in each territory, as well as exploring training experiences beyond formal

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Study on “Proposals to minimize the gender negative impact of teleworking on the city council of Barcelona”

The health emergency caused by Covid19 and the necessary confinement of the population to combat the pandemic has meant, from the point of view of work organization in the Barcelona City Council, a very important shift towards forced digitisation and

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