34% of the mothers need help taking care of the children during sick days or days off
31% need help finding a job
60% of the mothers need synchronization and adjustment between working hours and the educational framework of their children
60% need free quality education from the age of 3 months
54% need participation in the workplace paying for a framework Educational for the child
50% need reimbursement for child sick days from the first day and more sick days than usual
47% need flexibility in the scope of the job in accordance with the intensity of child care
43% need an extension of entitlement to breastfeeding time (less working hours)
50% need recognition by the state for home and child care work
Towards March 8, 2023 Witzo focuses on the difficulties and needs of women in Israel during motherhood and publishes the findings of a survey it conducted in collaboration with the Geocartography Institute: Israel ranks last in the percentage of participation in the financing of child care and education expenses among the OECD member countries.
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Combining motherhood and work, lack of free time for themselves, and the need to take care of the various household chores at the same time.
The burden is placed on the family and especially on the mothers who are transparent from the moment of birth.
In addition to the cost of living, which makes coping almost impossible.
From the period of pregnancy, through women's difficulties in the labor market, the health care system and the education system, the insufficient assistance options, gender inequality in Israel and more - the findings of this survey should concern every woman in Israel and it is desirable that they stimulate all decision makers, and as soon as possible.
Before the corona crisis, mothers were more than twice as busy as men in taking care of the home and family (Photo: ShutterStock)
What do we know about Israeli mothers in 2023?
Statistical picture
Most of the mothers believe that the need to balance work life with children harms their enjoyment of motherhood and that the education frameworks up to the age of 3 do not provide a sufficient or adapted solution for working mothers.
40% of the mothers oppose holding events or providing services for mothers and children in a gender-separated manner, with this rate being higher among secular women (60%), but lower among religious and ultra-Orthodox women (11%).
About half of the mothers are bothered by the minority of Knesset members and ministers in the government, where this rate is higher among secularists (72%), but lower among religious and ultra-Orthodox (25%).
Most of the mothers agree with the importance of having programs for gender equality education in educational settings, where this rate is also higher among secular women (88%) and lower among religious and ultra-Orthodox women (39%).
At the end of 2021, 4,754,900 women lived in Israel, of which 36%, which is 1.180,000 million, are mothers of children.
90% of mothers of minor children live with a partner and 10% of them are single parents.
In Israel there are 119,000 single mothers with children.
In 2020 there were 177,000 live births in Israel.
29%, which is 51,330 births, were first births
50% which are 25,665 of the first births are among women up to the age of 27
The average age at birth is 30.5
10-15% of mothers suffer from depression in the period around the birth
The average number of children is 2.9 per family unit, this number is 1.6 higher than the OECD average
In relation to previous years, two trends in childbirth: postponing the first birth to the twenties
the later ones, and a tendency to give birth more at the age of 30 and over
77% of married mothers work
82.7% of single mothers work
30% of mothers are not satisfied with the home-work balance
28.4% of mothers work part-time.
Mothers of children aged 0-4 work part-time more (31.3%) than mothers of children aged 4-10
(25%).
Among the married couples in 67% of the families, most of the housework and child care is done by the mothers,
In addition to their participation in livelihood.
27.5% of female students are mothers.
14.2% among undergraduate students are mothers.
The main factor that would help mothers return to the labor market is the possibility to work from home (Photo: ShutterStock)
The main findings
Pregnancy and childbirth assistance
The main difficulty for mothers is the cost of living, followed by difficulties related to combining
motherhood and work, lack of personal time and taking care of household chores.
Household chores were mentioned more among
those aged 35 and over (47%), while the topic of combining motherhood and work was mentioned more among
married women (56%).
The main issues in which assistance is required during pregnancy are: information on rights, assistance with household chores and medical information, as well as the issue of preparation for birth among those aged 20-34 - 66%.
In general, the response rate for the various topics examined is close to 60% on average, with a higher response rate in connection with medical information and preparation for birth, and on the other hand a relatively low rate of assistance with regard to emotional issues (both with reference to information about emotional difficulties and with reference to accompaniment and treatment) .
The main issues in which assistance is required after the birth: information about rights, adjusting the workplace
Parenting and helping with baby care.
In general, the response rate to the various topics examined is about 45% on average, with a higher response evident in regards to assistance in caring for the baby, belonging to a mother's group and information on rights.
On the other hand, a relatively low response rate is evident in regards to assistance in finding a new job
and marriage counseling.
Work among mothers
The main factors mentioned as helping in the integration of the labor market are: quality education from the age of 3 months and synchronization of work hours with the hours of the frameworks.
The main reason cited for not returning to work among mothers is a lack of suitable jobs, followed by staying to raise the children and coordinating the needs of the job with raising the children.
The main factor that would help mothers to return to the labor market is the possibility to work from home
(71.1% of the women testified that they need this), although also a paying or part-time job and assistance in looking after children.
Assistance options
Among the services tested, a higher willingness to use for recreational and cultural activities for children and assistance with household chores and child care is evident.
On the other hand, a low readiness for home-work balance training and optimal work integration is evident.
After the Corona period, mothers report a high sense of burnout (Photo: ShutterStock)
Before and after the corona virus
Before the corona crisis, mothers were more than twice as busy as men in taking care of the home and family.
During the
Corona crisis this rate increased significantly.
To this double injury must be added an increased vulnerability to domestic violence,
the rates of which increased during the crisis.
Countries around the world recognized the problem and increased social support for women, but
only 17% of women were accepted (UN Women, 2022; Abgar, 2021).
After the Corona period, mothers report a high sense of burnout, they feel that they lack support
and help in their natural community as well as at the macro level of society.
74% of them reported a decrease in
their mental well-being during the Corona period and afterwards, a third of them report worrisome signs in
the family's mental health (State of motherhood survey, 2020).
The increased unemployment rates, hardships due to the health risks during the epidemic, the necessity to fulfill many family demands for child care
and dependent adults, along with the loss of economic and social resources were the lot of many mothers throughout the world
during this period.
And now they need social and economic support in order to recover from the erosive consequences
of the crisis.
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