Platform work together with other new forms of employment are gaining ground in the European labour market. Although the share of women platform workers has been rising in recent years, they remain under-represented in platform work. Women are more likely to engage in platform work to gain an additional income and to have flexibility with the specific aim of combining...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 1 is organising a call for applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Administrative Agent - Finance. The registration of applications will begin on 23 May 2023 and will close on 22 June 2023 at 13:00 Eastern European Time. The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE is...
The persistent gender imbalance among key decision-makers in large corporations and financial institutions remains a cause for concern. EU institutions recently agreed on a directive aimed at increasing the number of women on corporate boards by requiring Member States to ensure that companies listed on stock exchanges have at least 40 % of the under-represented gender among non-executive directors or...
The composition of political assemblies and executives at all territorial levels too often fails to reflect the gender diversity of the populations they represent, with women significantly under-represented in many cases. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) regularly monitors this situation in the European Union (EU) and its 27 Member States (EU-27).
The European Institute for Gender Equality defines gender-responsive public procurement (GRPP) as ‘a gender mainstreaming tool to promote gender equality through public procurement. GRPP is procurement that promotes gender equality through the goods, services or works being purchased. EIGE, in its work on gender mainstreaming and in particular gender budgeting, seeks to promote gender equality in how public resources are...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) [1] is organising a call for applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Administrative Agent - Finance . The registration of applications will begin on 16 March 2023 and will close on 17 April 2023 at 13:00 Eastern European Time . The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania...
Violence against women and girls and gender-based violence is a cause and effect of gender inequality and the power imbalance between women and men, and one of the most widespread violations of human rights. This deeply entrenched phenomenon requires a coordinated and targeted prevention and policy response based on reliable and comparable data and evidence. Over the past years, EU...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) collected data from all European Union (EU) Member States to assess the situation of institutional mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and gender mainstreaming in December 2021.
Description of the contract The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a low-value contract to support EIGE’s strategic foresight efforts by providing technical expertise and knowledge in conducting foresight activities and organising stakeholder consultations and co-creation of a workshop. Description of the requested services The tenderer is asked to do the following: Advise EIGE on different strategic foresight...
Description of the contract The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a middle-value contract for the identification and selection of a set of good practices on gender mainstreaming in the European Green Deal policy areas. Description of the requested services EIGE launches this call for tender to contract a professional service provider that will revise EIGE’s methodology and...
