The workshop aims to significantly advance calculation of the Gender Equality Index for each EU accession country in accordance with the methodology used in EU-28, if relevant data are available. Main agenda items: developing the composite indicators, conceptual framework of the Gender Equality Index, measurement framework and selection of variables. The workshop will also introduce quality criteria for contribution of...
Equinet, together with the Czech Public Defender of Rights, will organise a one and a half day capacity-building seminar for equality bodies’ staff members gender equality in education. In 1995, the Beijing Platform for Action targeted gender segregation in education, curricula, enrolment and retention rates of women in its action points to further the Education and Training of Women. Yet...
The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities is organizing the 8th thematic meeting in the frame of the project Towards Equalising Power Relations between Women and Men that is co-financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism Program. The overall aim of the project is to increace understanding of equal/unequal power relations between women and men in order to...
The Gender Equality Index was first published in 2013 and updated in 2015. It provides both a composite indicator of gender equality attainment at EU level and more detailed analysis of the situation of each Member State in the respective composite domains. The 3rd update of the Gender Equality Index will be published in 2017. It will focus on intersecting...
The European Humanities University (EHU) students will come to EIGE's Recourse and Documentation Centre to learn about Gender Equality Index from EIGE's experts. If you need more information about this event, please contact us at: rdc.info@eige.europa.eu
The media plays a crucial role in reflecting the diversity of society. Media shapes our understanding of the world, how we think and act. Equal opportunities for men and women to participate in the media are essential for a democratic public sphere. Media can both promote and hinder gender equality as inequalities in the society are reproduced in the media...
Science without borders: Improving impact by interlinking gender, geographic, disciplinary and educational dimensions. 28 - 29 April 2016, Mexico City This Gender Summit aims to highlight how science can be a tool to break all kinds of borders: gender, geographic, disciplinary and educational borders. The kind of science able to break these boundaries comes from an environment of diversity and...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) invites you to participate to an online discussion taking place on EuroGender, the 28 th of April, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm CEST. The consultation aims at collecting insights on the test version of EIGE's online step-by-step guide for developing and implementing gender equality plans in Research and Higher Education Institutions. EIGE has...
Co-organised by ATGENDER and the Graduate Gender Programme at Utrecht University, the 2016 edition of the ATGENDER Spring Conference is dedicated to spaces of feminist learning & teaching. The focus of the conference is on teaching and learning in queer and gender studies’ classrooms, broadly understood as spaces inside and outside the university, traversed by multiple urgencies and agendas, as...
Working Visit - Autonomous Province of Trento - Programme: 09:30 Opening speech 09:45 - 11:30 Presentation of EIGE's work 11:30 - 12:30 Presentation of the Autonomous province of Trento policy framework on gender equality questions and answers 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 Conclusion and assessment of cooperation and mutual exchange If you need more information about this event...
EIGE experts are visiting Finland - the first EU Member State EIGE is planning to present its knowledge tools to. Although Finland's progress in the area of gender equality - as calculated by EIGE's Gender Equality Index - is more pronounced than the EU average, still, there are areas where challenges persist. You can find more about gender equality in...
Europos Parlamento Informacijos biuras Lietuvoje kviečia į fotoparodos "Moterys migrantės ir prieglobsčio prašytojos Europos Sąjungoje" atidarymą, kuris vyks š.m. kovo 4 d. 12 val. Europos namuose (Gedimino pr. 16). 2016-ųjų sausį daugiau nei 55 % atvykstančiųjų į Europą buvo moterys ir vaikai, kai 2015-ųjų birželį jie sudarė tik 27 %. Moterys ir vaikai yra viena pažeidžiamiausių grupių, susiduriančių su diskriminacija...
