Long-term care (LTC) is vital for a dignified life in old age and for social fairness, and it is relevant to both social and economic policy. This brief highlights the persistent gaps in access to affordable, high-quality services and the disproportionate impact of informal care on women’s employment and well-being. It calls for expanded formal care provision, better pay and...
Investing in care is both social infrastructure and economic policy. Accessible, high-quality care services enable more people, especially women, to participate fully in employment and support greater equality in sharing care responsibilities. Achieving this requires stronger public investment, better pay and working conditions for care workers, and targeted support for families facing barriers to care. Making care central to EU...
High-quality, affordable and accessible services support children’s learning and development, help parents balance paid work and care, and strengthen the EU’slabour force by enabling more parents, especially mothers, to enter and remain in employment. This brief shows how unequal care responsibilities continue to constrain women’s employment and well-being, while many families face barriers to affordable, accessible childcare. It calls for...
The EU-level Gender Mainstreaming Helpdesk offers hands-on support to eligible EU institutions and Member State authorities to turn EU gender equality commitments into real policy action. It provides short-term, tailored technical support on gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting. It draws on EIGE’s toolkits, evidence, data and methodologies to answer your institution’s specific policy questions within the context of EU gender...
Female genital mutilation (FGM) remains a significant concern in the European Union, affecting hundreds of thousands of women and girls and posing risks for some migrant and diaspora communities. Existing risk estimates provide an important evidence base for prevention and policy planning, but they cannot fully capture the social, cultural, institutional and migration-related factors that influence risk after migration to...
Contract The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a low-value contract for changing the existing lights installation at EIGE. Requested services The services will involve removing the outdated ceiling-mounted CFL lighting fixtures throughout the office area and replacing them with high-efficiency LED alternatives. The scope of work includes safely decommissioning the old fluorescent hardware, modifying or replacing the...
The contract The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a low-value contract for provision of coffee, tea and complementaries. The requested services The main objective of this procedure is to sign a framework contract for purchasing coffee, tea, milk and other related consumables for internal EIGE’s meetings and general use for staff members. The future contractor will have...
The subject of this call for tenders is the provision of interim staff services for EIGE. EIGE will need interim staff services as partial replacement or partial complement to its statutory staff in its Headquarters in Vilnius (Lithuania) in the following situations: direct or indirect replacement of a staff member absent or temporarily prevented from working due to being on...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 1 invites applications with a view to establish a reserve list for the post of Seconded National Expert – Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The registration of applications begins on 6 October 2026 and will close on 11 November 2026 at 13:30 Eastern European Time. The Agency Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE is a decentralised...
