On April 3, 2024, five associations signed agreements with the National Foundation for the Development of Civil Society for inclusion in the Thematic Systematic Support for five thematic areas that will be significant for the development of Croatian society in the next four years. A new project of the B.a.B.e association. within the framework of the Thematic Systematic Support, it refers to the reconciliation of private and business life and represents a continuation of the 2015 project "Women in the Labor Market - Assessment of Gender Impact" and the project that ended in 2023 "The Impact of Public Policies on the Quality of Family and Work Life and on the Demographic Picture of the Republic of Croatia - Spaces of Change", which, thanks to scientific research (Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb and Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar, Department of Sociology), confirmed that the issue of reconciliation of obligations in private and business life is closely related to social policy and measures aimed at providing assistance for the care and attention of dependent family members, flexibilization of work and working hours of employees, tax policy, health insurance, poverty rate, demographic trends and generally available services at the national and local levels, and is closely related to the roles and expectations that women and men have in the family, but also to the expectations imposed by the labor market.

The project includes continued cooperation with higher education institutions, an advocacy campaign that contributes to raising public awareness of the complexity of the topic, thematic conferences on models of work-life balance, where we expect synergy between scientific institutions, the economy, public policy makers and civil society. We expect that the media visibility of this topic will contribute to raising public and decision-makers' awareness and result in a comprehensive public policy for balancing family and work life for men and women. We face various forms and methods of work, the key of which are: advocacy for a coherent public policy that regulates the balance of family and work life at the national and local levels, with clear indicators of progress; monitoring legislative solutions and their social impact on the balance of private and work obligations; public campaigns aimed at raising awareness among the public, employers and decision-makers about the inequalities produced by gender stereotypes and traditional gender roles; structured dialogues with all relevant stakeholders on how to eliminate stereotypes about the role of women and men in the family and on the labor market, including the media and the educational system; effective dialogue with employers and providing support and assistance to their efforts to enable employees to more easily reconcile obligations, especially women; open discussions and expert conferences on new trends, research and modern models of reconciling private and business life with the aim of improving employers' practices; establishing a joint platform for action in this area with civil society organizations.

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