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  • 'Gender Balance Forum: International rankings, good practises and lessons for a gender-balanced public sector workforce

    The event is organised by the World Bank and the Institute of Public Administration of Saudi Arabia. EIGE participates in the session on international experiences and lessons of gender balance programs: international rankings and methodologies. Milana Lazic, EIGE Project Manager, will present good practices in gender balance indicators and observatories outside the EU.

  • ‘We Call It Feminism’: Feminism for a better world

    The Spanish Ministry of Equality organises a three day meeting under the name We Call It Feminism. During the event, feminists from all over the world, either as activists, academics or politicians will discuss how to work towards the goal of equality. EIGE's director, Carlien Scheele, will particpate in the meeting to give her insights. She will be joined by...

  • The role of men and boys in advancing gender equality and breaking gender stereotypes

    Within the framework of the EU Mutual Learning Programme in Gender Equality, aiming at cultivating conversations and sharing experiences on good practices on gender equality in Europe, this event is co-organised by the European Comission and co-host countries, Ireland and Austria. Participants, including EIGE, will discuss the role of men and boys in advancing gender equality and breaking gender stereotypes...

  • DG REFORM flagship project: 'Gender mainstreaming in public policy and budget processes'

    This flagship project aims to increase the awareness of policies for promoting Gender Equality across seven EU Member States. The project supports the beneficiary administrations to analyse policies and budgeting processes from a gender mainstreaming perspective. EIGE will support the general Gender budgeting training sessions on 14 and 16 February. Ligia Nobrega, EIGE's Gender Statistics Database Officer, will give a...

  • Meeting of a support committee of the project 'Gender pension gap'

    This is a working meeting, which EIGE, as part of the support committee to the Belgian presidency (2024), attends. The meeting aims at reviewing and discussing academic evidence on gender pension gaps. EIGE's role is to review a background paper and provide feedback, if possible.

  • The "Young Researchers' Voices Heard for Gender Equality" Conference

    Jolanta Reingarde, Senior Researcher at EIGE, will take part in the "Making Young Researchers' Voices Heard for Gender Equality" conference which will take place on 14-15 February 2023 in Malta. Action CA20137's main goal is to increase the visibility of inequalities faced by young researchers from a gender perspective and to promote sustainable dialogue between young researchers and stakeholders in...

  • Socialists & Democrats hearing on 'A methodology for Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget'

    The hearing 'A methodology for Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget', is organised by the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) Committee on Budget in cooperation with S&D FEMM committee in the European Parliament. The event will examine how the methodology was developed and what were the constraints and challenges. Gender Mainstreaming Team Leader, Helena Morais Maceira, will attend the meeting on...

  • Gender Mainstreaming in the EU budget

    During the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) negotiations, equality between women and men was agreed as a Horizontal Principle of the Budget. The Commission has committed to develop a methodology to measure gender relevant expenditure at programme level in the MFF 2021-2027, to be implemented as soon as available and no later than 1st January 2023. A new gender expenditure...

  • A meeting of the High Level Group on Gender mainstreaming

    The High Level Group (HLG) on Gender Mainstreaming consists of national gender equality governmental representatives with responsibilities for gender mainstreaming at national level. It is chaired by the European Commission in close collaboration with the Presidency which EIGE is supporting with gender equality expertise. The HLG will meet in Stockholm in context of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of...

  • Economic perspectives on gender-based violence

    Within the Swedish presidency conferences, this seminar will focus on the economic perspectives on gender-based violence as a means to pave the path to prevention. The event will see a mix of speeches, plenary sessions and workshops. Among the speakers, will be: Paulina Brandberg, Minister for Gender Equality and Deputy Minister for Employment, Sweden Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality...

  • Presenting EIGE's 2023 work programme

    In the European Parliament FEMM committee meeting in Brussels, EIGE presents its work programme for 2023. Based on crucial conversations from EIGE's Gender Equality Forum in 2022 among policy makers, gender equality activists, business leaders and many others, we are continuing ongoing commitments for advancing gender equality. This occasion opens a dialogue for important discussions with members of the Committee...

  • Film screening of documentary #SalePute in Kaunas

    The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) together with Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) invite you to a screening of documentary ‘#SalePute’ followed by discussion on Cyber Violence against women and girls (CVAWG). Registration link. The discussion after the screening will be led by Eleonora Esposito, expert in the gender-based violence team at EIGE, Jurate Juskaite from Human Rights Centre, mural...