Gender & Care in the EU: A Conversation on Equality | 4 November 2025
The WE Frame project hosted its online panel dedicated to exploring how gender and care intersect within European legal, social, and political structures. The discussion focused on how care work – often unpaid, invisible, and disproportionately carried by women – shapes inequalities across the European Union and what policy reforms are needed to address these gaps.
Online Panel | 4 November 2025, 16:00–18:00 CEST
Keynote Contribution
The panel featured a keynote lecture by Silvina Alvarez Medina (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), who examined how European equality frameworks can better recognise care as a central element of gender justice.
Moderation and Discussion
The session was chaired by Camilla Caselli (Università di Milano) and brought together contributions from discussants representing various European academic institutions:
- Giulia Arena, Università di Genova (Italy)
- Klaudyna Horniczak, Jagiellonian University (Poland)
- Oiza Q. Obasuyi, Università di Bologna (Italy)
- Carla Romero Álvarez, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
- Ana Paula Zappellini Sassi, Università di Milano (Italy)
They reflected on how cultural norms, labour policies, welfare models, and institutional practices continue to influence gendered divisions of care in Europe.
About the Programme
This event forms part of Work Package 2 (WP2) of the WE Frame project, which aims to promote a gender-sensitive understanding of equality as a core European value. The panel contributes to Task 2.1, dedicated to examining how the right to equality has evolved in European history and contemporary society.
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