What is work–life balance and why does it matter? Work–life balance is about striking a balance between ‘work’ and ‘life’. Here, ‘work’ means paid work and ‘life’ means everything else – including, but not limited to, unpaid work, domestic work (cleaning, cooking, washing, etc.), care work (taking care of children, older people, people who are ill, persons living with disabilities...
Description of the contract The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a middle-value contract for the study to provide more evidence, i.e. accurate qualitative and quantitative information on the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women and improve policies and measures for emergency-related responses and to reduce violence against women in crisis situations, such as pandemic. The gathered...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) [1] invites applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for Seconded National Experts (SNEs) – Research and Statistics. The registration of applications will begin on 29 April 2020 and will close on 29 May 2020 at 13:30 Eastern European Time. The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE is a regulatory agency...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) [1] invites applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for Seconded National Experts (SNEs) – Gender Mainstreaming. The registration of applications will begin on 24 April 2020 and will close on 25 May 2020 at 13:30 Eastern European Time. The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE is a regulatory agency of...
EIGE launches this call for tender with a goal to conclude a contract with a professional service provider regarding the study that will serve as a basis for EIGE’s report to the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the second semester of 2021. The study to be carried out under this contract shall focus on the implementation...
Description of the contract The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a middle-value contract for a study on gender equality health to support the thematic focus of Gender Equality Index 2021 on health. Description of the requested services EIGE launches this call for tender in order to contract a professional service provider that will carry out a study...
The EU’s overarching gender equality commitments and measures have rarely addressed women and the media. The media were not mentioned as a priority in the European Commission’s strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019 or in the Council of the EU’s pact for equality between women and men 2011-2020. Nevertheless, the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2018) marked a significant development...
Since 2013, the EU has developed several important policies with relevance to the health of girls. These relate to tackling obesity and promoting safe sexual relations. The EU action plan on childhood obesity (2014) highlighted gendered aspects of obesity and called for healthier environments and restrictions on marketing to children. The European Parliament’s resolution on eliminating gender stereotypes (2013) called...
The climate change policy agenda in the EU is driven by the EU’s 2020 climate and energy package, which sets out broad targets to be achieved by 2020. The EU is expected to integrate gender equality concerns into its climate change and other environmental policies. Furthermore, under the strategic engagement for gender equality (2016-2019), the Commission has committed to reporting...
The Europe 2020 strategy aims to lift at least 20 million people out of poverty and social exclusion. However, this target does not directly acknowledge the gender dimension of poverty and looks unlikely to be met; 23.3 % of women and 21.6 % of men in the EU remain at risk of poverty or social exclusion. More recently, the European...
Although the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) was established 25 years ago, many of the challenges identified in 1995 remain relevant today (such as the gender pay gap, unequal distribution of unpaid work or experiences of gender-based violence, to name just a few). This report both tracks progress against these long-standing challenges and goes beyond them to assess new challenges...
