Gender equality policies have a strong impact on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - which reflects the living standards within the EU. By 2050, improving gender equality would lead to an increase in EU GDP per capita of 9.6%. This increase is mainly the result of improved employment rates of women and more STEM jobs. On 8 - 9 June 2017...
On 8 - 9 June, EIGE meets Greek representatives in Athens to support the advancement of gender equality. EIGE uses this opportunity to present its monitoring tools such as the Gender Equality Index and the Gender Statistics Database. Furthermore, we discuss our work on gender-based violence and provide policy-makers with good practices towards a progressive improvement of gender equality in...
The meeting is organised within the framework of EIGE’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance project Involvement of EU candidate countries and potential candidates in work of the European Institute for Gender Equality and deepening of cooperation in common priority areas. It is open to invited representatives from the Western Balkan countries and Turkey. The meeting aims to update all participants about...
The European Women Rectors Association is happy to announce the "V. European Women Rectors Conference” which will take place at Solvay Library, Brussels on 29-30 May, 2017. The special focus of the conference will be on PIVOTING ON GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH THE LENS OF LEADERSHIP: POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS. The first four of the Women Academics Beyond the Glass Ceiling...
The first ASEM conference on "Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work’, will be held on 25-26 May, 2017 in Vilnius, at Mykolas Romeris University. The Conference is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (together with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Mykolo Riomerio University), with patronage of H.E. President of the Republic of Lithuania, Ms...
EIGE has taken part in the OECD meeting on Gender Budgeting and presented its study on Economic benefits of gender equality in the EU. The study proves that progressing gender equality has a positive impact on people and on the economy. Find out more about the study here - http://europa.eu/!Vc93xb - and follow more Twitter updates under #EIGEeconomicBenefits. The programme...
Happy Europe Day! This year, Europe Day is special to the EU institutions since the European Union celebrates its 60th anniversary. Many EU institutions and agencies across Europe open their doors and invite citizens to learn more about how the EU works. On the 5th of May, EIGE and the European Parliament Information Office in Lithuania will host a joint-event...
Course Description: Gender-based violence (GBV) has been recognized as a cross-cutting issue affecting the lives of victims from a diversity of dimensions including culture, education, health, economy, psychology, livelihoods and political participation. In fact, violence against women and girls was chosen as one of the critical areas of action following the Beijing Conference. This presents a key opportunity for different...
This year's first Journalist Thematic Network meeting will be held from 11 - 12 May in Valletta, Malta, the country currently hosting the EU presidency. Dr. Jolanta Reingarde, Senior Researcher at EIGE, will start off the meeting by presenting key findings from our report on gender, skills and precarious employment, prepared at the request of the Maltese presidency. In the...
Organised by ATGENDER, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation, with support from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and Vilnius University (VU), the 2017 edition of the ATGENDER Spring conference is dedicated to building dialogues between gender researchers, activists, students, educators and policy makers. The main goal of this conference is to address gaps between academic...
EIGE's new Study on Economic Benefits of Gender Equality prove that more gender equality boosts economic growth. The evidence confirms that improvements to gender equality would generate more jobs for the EU – up to 10.5 million additional jobs by 2050. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita would also be positively affected and could increase up to nearly 10% by...
G-NET (Gender Equality Training Network: EU Contributions to Gender Mainstreaming and Citizenship) organises the G-NET Summit 2017, the final conference of this network of European and Latin American universities which develops contents and teaching on European Integration and Gender. Experts on gender will provide their knowledge on the introduction of the gender mainstreaming in the public policies and university structures...
