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    • Platform work: Has flexibility become a cover story?

      The platform work economy comes with great strengths. The ability to work where you want and how you want is a significant motivator for people who have grown tired of the 9-5 rigidity and seek more diversity in their career path.

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      16 May 2023
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    • Are you ready to take #3StepsForward for gender equality?

      Achieving equality between women and men makes everyone better off. We have come a long way, but there’s still more to do. Let’s shape an economy where gender equality, social fairness and prosperity go hand in hand. #3StepsForward is how policymakers, business leaders and individuals can unite to build a fairer future. We all have a role to play. Join our #3StepsForward campaign and do your part!

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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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    • Sexism at work: How can we stop it?

      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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      24 Nov 2020
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    • What does it take to achieve gender equality? – Resources and structures key for women's empowerment

      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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      27 Feb 2023
    • GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality

      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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      18 Oct 2022
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    • Hidden in plain sight: improving legal responses for ‘invisible’ victims of femicide

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      07 Feb 2023
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    • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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      Date
      03 Mar 2023
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Unpaid care: Around one third of women and men struggle to strike a work-life balance in the EU

Unpaid care is often taken for granted. It's simply done without question as a labour of love. But EIGE’s new time use survey focused on care, leisure and volunteering activities reveals unpaid care is in a pressure cooker situation right now which demands introspection and long-term solutions. Data collected from all EU Member States found that 42% of women and 38% of men are involved in unpaid caregiving activities, such as caring for children, older family members, or people with disabilities.

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  • Employment
Date
01 Jun 2023
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Platform work: Has flexibility become a cover story?

The platform work economy comes with great strengths. The ability to work where you want and how you want is a significant motivator for people who have grown tired of the 9-5 rigidity and seek more diversity in their career path.

Topics
  • Digital agenda
  • Employment
Date
16 May 2023
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Welcome to EIGE’s revamped website!

We have been listening to your feedback and have worked hard to create a platform that caters to your needs.

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22 May 2023
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Numbers of note: women in decision-making positions

The latest data on women in decision-making roles in the Western Balkans and Türkiye paint a mixed picture but are on the right path for the future.

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  • Economic and financial affairs
Date
05 Apr 2023
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Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

Topics
  • Health
  • Justice
  • Violence
Date
03 Mar 2023

What does it take to achieve gender equality? – Resources and structures key for women's empowerment

With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

Date
27 Feb 2023

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Step-by-step toolkits for institutions

Gender-responsive Public Procurement

This practical toolkit to implement gender-responsive public procurement (GRPP) across the different stages of the procurement cycle is designed for contracting authorities at all levels, including EU institutions, bodies and agencies. It will also support policymakers and practitioners working towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming.

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Gender mainstreaming
Gender Responsive Public Procurement

Gender Budgeting

This step-by-step toolkit aims to assist managing authorities in the European Union to apply gender budgeting tools in the processes of the European Union Funds under shared management. It offers a variety of tools and highlights promising practices from different EU Member States.

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Gender mainstreaming
Gender Budgeting

Gender Equality in Academia and Research - GEAR tool

The Gender Equality in Academia and Research (GEAR) tool provides universities and research organisations with practical advice and tools through all stages of institutional change, from setting up a gender equality plan to evaluating its real impact.

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Gender mainstreaming
Gender Equality in Academia and Research

Gender-sensitive parliaments

This is an online tool to support national parliaments of EU member states and the European Parliament in assessing and monitoring gender-sensitivity in terms of their organisation and working procedures.

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Gender mainstreaming
Gender-sensitive parliaments

Gender Impact Assessment

Does a law, policy or programme reduce, maintain or increase the gender inequalities between women and men? This step-by-step guide helps institutions identify where policies are causing or strengthening gender inequalities and how they can be effectively re-directed. It provides both a theoretical model of gender impact assessment and real, hands-on information from several EU Member States on its practical use.

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Gender mainstreaming
Gender Impact Assessment
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Let's stop gender-based violence

  • Hidden in plain sight: improving legal responses for ‘invisible’ victims of femicide

    Topics
    • Health
    • Justice
    • Youth
    • Violence
    Date
    07 Feb 2023
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  • Actioning solutions where gender-based violence and crisis meet

    EIGE’s Director provided the opening remarks at a conference held at the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius on Violence against Women in Times of Crisis: Challenges and Potential Solutions under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

    Topics
    • Environment and climate change
    • Violence
    Date
    26 May 2023
  • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

    EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

    Topics
    • Health
    • Justice
    • Violence
    Date
    03 Mar 2023
  • #SafeSpaces: EIGE highlights widespread forms of cyber violence against women and girls, proposes definitions

    The European Institute for Gender Equality has released a new report ‘Combating cyber violence against women and girls’ which underlines the urgent need to develop and adopt harmonised and mutually exclusive definitions of cyber violence against women and girls and its forms.

    Topics
    • Digital agenda
    • Youth
    • Violence
    Date
    25 Nov 2022
  • Covid-19 and gender-based violence

    If you, or someone you know, is in immediate danger, call 112 and ask for the police. If you are not in immediate danger and need help or assistance, you are encouraged to contact one of the national women’s emergency helplines found here. In countries across the world, lockdowns to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domestic violence reports.

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Gender equality in numbers

Choosing when and where to work is a higher motivation factor for women platform workers

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30% of senior ministers dealing with environment and climate change are women

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79% of doctorate graduates in ICT are men

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21% of CEOs, executives and non-executives of the largest listed companies are women

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41% of the presidents and members of the highest decision-making body of research funding organisations are women

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