Today in Vilnius, Lithuania, EU leaders on gender equality are marking a decade since the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) opened its doors. Senior EU figures such as Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality, and Evelyn Regner, Chair of the European Parliament's gender equality committee, will join EIGE to take stock of what has been achieved and give their...
It is almost a quarter of a century since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted by 189 governments following a landmark UN conference in 1995. New research from EIGE shows that no EU country has yet fully implemented this blueprint for women's empowerment, with issues such as ageing societies, migration and climate change bringing new challenges. “The ageing population...
A fresh term for the European Parliament has begun. EIGE wants to help MEPs speed up progress on gender equality, which has been moving at a snail’s pace for the past decade. That’s why we have put together a package of EIGE’s resources to assist MEPs develop more gender-sensitive policies for the European Union. Read more Let’s make gender equality...
