The Sandwich Generation: Finding a Balance Between Work and Family Life
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: October 12, 2018, 19:00 – 21:00
Up to a quarter of Czechs belong to the so-called sandwich generation, defined as caring simultaneously for both minors and older parents. The vast majority of those concerned are woman who also have fulltime jobs. The sandwich generation face a great number of challenges and problems, as taking care of two generations is demanding in emotional, time and financial terms. With couples delaying parenthood and people living longer, it is a subject that needs to be addressed in discussions of family policy, modernisation of the labour market and healthcare.
Come listen, debate and share your experiences of the situation in the Czech Republic. The discussion will focus on how to create a strategy that will reflect the needs not only of children and seniors but those who look after them, which models have proven successful abroad and how they can be implemented in local conditions.
Confirmed participants: Danuše Nerudová, rector of Mendel University in Brno, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, MP (TOP 09), Walburga Lerchenfeld, politician from Germany’s CSU, Doris Schulz, MP from Austria’s OVP.
Chaired by Lucie Tungul, political scientist and analyst with the TOPAZ institute of politics.
Coorganised byTOPAZ and the Václav Havel Library.