Dr Rose Marie Azzopardi was the national expert on an EU project, dealing with women in the labour market and the role of fathers in the family environment, titled ‘Instruments to foster long-term paternal involvement in family work’.
Particular focus was on the uptake of parental leave and paternity leave within the scope of the proposed EU directive on work-life balance. The project involved 19 European countries and was coordinated by an Austrian research entity.
The seminar was held in Berlin on 4 and 5 October 2018. Dr Azzopardi presented a comments paper featuring a case study on Malta, and actively participated in the workshops and open discussions. The Mutual Learning Seminar is part of an ongoing project titled ‘Implementation of a programme of exchanges of good practices on gender equality’.
In the past years Dr Azzopardi has participated in several projects and conducted research on females in the labour market.