UNESCO and its partners will put the spotlight on the need to reduce gender inequalities in media and aim to follow-up one of the critical areas of concern of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Women and the Media Diagnosis, and its strategic objectives. EIGE is among the partners to the event and wishes to all participants fruitful discussions...
The European Commission is organising its first EU Conference on Gender Equality in Sport on 3 and 4 December 2013 in Vilnius. The conference will be a key event in the development of a new EU dimension in sport and aims to discuss coherent measures and realistic objectives on advancing gender equality between women and men in sport. The results...
25 November marks the International Day on Eliminating the Violence Against Women. To mark the occasion and to draw attention to the importance of involving men in the cause EIGE joined the worldwide White Ribbon Campaign. This on-line discussion focuses on the White Ribbon Campaign and possible ways men can and should speak out against violence against women. To join...
While first activities of the European Union (EU) to address the disadvantaged situation of women beyond EU borders can be traced back to the 1980s, ever since the early 1990s it has invested considerable efforts into developing a policy of gender equality promotion abroad. Today this policy is based on a whole range of policy documents, is implemented through three...
Are you interested in gender equality in organisations? Do you need tools and inspiration to work with these issues? Come and discuss solutions for practical implementation of gender issues in organisations, as well as listen to presentation of the latest research in the field. The first of three NaisUrat theme seminars is on gender equality and equal treatment in organisations...
Committed to combating gender-based violence against women, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the City of Vienna have joined forces to organise an international conference on ‘Eliminating violence against women in Europe’ with a focus on ‘Intersectoral approaches and actions’. Scope Violence against women is present in all...
Committed to combating gender-based violence against women, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the City of Vienna have joined forces to organise the first international conference on ‘Eliminating violence against women in Europe’ with a focus on ‘Intersectoral approaches and actions’. Scope Violence against women is present in...
To participate in this online discussion, click here. Please note that in order to participate, you must be logged in. If you do not have user name and password, click Register in the top right corner of the screen. Enjoy the discussion! ------------------------------ In March 2002, the European Council decided to set targets for the availability of childcare facilities: “Member...
The Working Group on Gender Equality of the EU Audiovisual Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee is organising a working seminar on addressing issues on gender equality within the audiovisual sector in the EU. The discussions will be focused on presenting and analysing the implementation of the Framework of Actions on Gender Equality, adopted by the EU AV SDC in October 2011...
The Sibéal Feminist & Gender Studies Network for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers will hold their annual conference in Queen’s University Belfast on 22 nd and 23 rd November. The conference invites engagement with the intersections of gender as they can be detected in a range of locations, spaces and manners. The conference seeks to stimulate a wide and inter-disciplinary...
For the last twelve years, the International Training Centre of the ILO has been offering successful high level training activities aimed at increasing awareness of gender equality principles and at providing practical tools for their implementation. It has thus become a unique hub offering opportunities of gaining knowledge and sharing best practices in the field of gender mainstreaming. The first...
The Jourlalists Thematic Network will take place in Vilnius on 21-22 November 2013. Agenda of the meeting (.pdf) Council Conclusions on The Effectiveness of Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality (.pdf)
