EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, joins the Council of Europe High-level conference "United around gender equality: making space for women and girls", in Strasbourg. The Director speaks in a panel to discuss challenges linked to gender equality and women’s rights from a youth perspective. The discussion covers topics such as gender-based discrimination and anti-gender narratives in digital spaces and new technologies...
EIGE's team leader of Research and Statistics, Jolanta Reingarde, addresses a panel discussion on the benefits of gender equality, gender balance in decision-making and work-life balance in Vilnius. EIGE Gender Equality Index and data from different EIGE’s research supports the debate.
EIGE's head of unit of Outreach and Engagement takes part in the Head of Communication meeting hosted by European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and CEPOL.
EIGE joins the 17th Procurement, Integrity, Management, and Openness (PRIMO) Forum on “Sustainable and Green Procurement for Circular Economy, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The PRIMO Forum is a platform with the double scope of sharing global procurement knowledge and building a skilled and innovative procurement community across Europe and Central Asia region (ECA). The Agency takes part into the PRIMO Session...
EU agency for gender equality hosts the national data providers consultation meeting on administrative data collection on intimate partner violence and gender-based violence against women (GBVAW) in Vilnius (and online). On behalf of the Agency, GBV Team's Researcher, Monica Barbovschi, underscores the need for a comparable measurement framework and indicators to assess different forms of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and...
EIGE attends a targeted workshop session organized by the Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) of the European Commission, about “Care breaks in occupational pension schemes”. The discussion rises interesting challenges, linked to the insufficient consideration of care-related career breaks and the potential risks to acquiring occupational pension rights by caregivers.
Director Scheele conducts a country visit to Poland on 20 and 21 May. Together with her delegation, EIGE Director meets with Minister of Equality, Katarzyna Kotula, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Aleksandra Gajewska Bak and Undersecretary of State of Justice, Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz . The EIGE delegation reaches also NGOs in Poland, the Women's Rights Parliamentary group of the...
Director Carlien Scheele joins the webinar on "Women in Elections" organized by the European Partnership for Democracy (EDP) to discuss the current situation of women in European politics and the measures needed to improve women's representation both in the voting booth and in office. The webinar is a part of the "Supporting Engagement in European Elections and Democratic Societies'' (SEEEDS)...
Dennis van der Veur, the Head of Unit for Outreach & Engagement, attends the Women7 Summit (W7) in Rome to give a keynote speech on the cost of gender-based violence and the power of data. He also participates in a panel discussion on the same topic, and meets with EIGE’s Management Board members and Irene Fellin, the NATO Secretary General's...
EIGE participates in the second meeting of national coordinating bodies established by Article 10, Istanbul Convention for a working-level discussion, in Liechtenstein. The meeting aims at addressing strategies for combating violence against women. EIGE contributes to the discussion by presenting its perspective on data collection concerning violence against women, enriching the discussions, and fostering greater collaboration among participating bodies. The...
EIGE’s Team Leader of GBV (Gender Based Violence team) joins the Symposium on Victims’ Rights, held by Eurojust, in the Hague. The symposium is centred on safeguarding victims within cross-border judicial context. EIGE presents preliminary results from its collaborative project with Eurojust, focusing on the implementation of the European Protection Order. EIGE’s contribution aims to inform and stimulate discussions among...