EIGE invites organisations that are involved in data gathering, analysis and monitoring to a networking meeting in order to strengthen the regular exchange of information and cooperation in relation to gender-based violencework. The meeting aims to: inform about EIGE’s work and present the studies and projects that EIGE is developing in the field of gender-based violence; address data collection, analysis...
EIGE invites the Social Partners – BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP, UEAPME and ETUC - to a Networking meeting in order to strengthen the regular exchange of information and cooperation in relation to gender equality work. The meeting aims at: sharing EIGE’s mandate and objectives; inform about EIGE’s progress so far; present studies EIGE is developing; information on the Social Partner’s views and...
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York, 27 February - 9 March 2012 Representatives from Member States, UN entities, and NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) from all regions of the world will attend the session. The two-week session will include...
Each year, the European Commission celebrates International Women’s Day with a lunchtime conference open to all staff of the EU Institutions. This year's conference is entitled "The European Commission's Equal Opportunities Strategy 2010 -2014: Making it happen".
The European Equal Pay Day (EEPD) is held annually and marks the extra number of days that women must work to match the salary men earned on average in 2011. It is estimated that in 2010, women in the EU earn on average 16.4% less than men. Read the full press release by the European Commission on the Equal Pay...
The objectives of the second WG meeting on the EU Gender Equality Index (EU GEI) are to: Support EIGE to develop a theoretical framework of the EU GEI by the EU 27 Member States Present and discuss the proposal of the Statistical Information System for the construction of the EU GEI