A group of students of the European Master in Social Work will come to visit EIGE. The aim will be to introduce students to the gender mainstreaming strategy in the EU, main ideas, documents and initiatives, and the role of EIGE in its implementation. If you need more details about this event, please contact us at: rdc.info@eige.europe.eu
Projections estimate that, at the current rate of change, it will take almost 30 years to reach the EU’s target of 75% of women in employment, over 70 years to make equal pay a reality, over 20 years to achieve gender balance on the boards of Europe’s largest publicly listed companies and almost 40 years to ensure that housework is...
The 2015 Conference "Taking Action for Gender Equality", aims to share equality bodies' expertise on gender equality with EU level stakeholders and to facilitate discussions on future strategic priorities on gender equality. We are honoured to announce that the Conference will be opened by Ms. Vera Jourova - Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality of the European Commission. Please...
EIGE is having a meeting with young Belarusian women activists from CSOs and opposition political parties. The main topic is gender based discrimination from a rights based approach and EU experience with it. The aim is to give concrete examples of gender based discrimination in different spheres and different countries; to share experience of the best available political practices in...
Parallel Event to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women Hosted by: International Council of Women (ICW) Korean National Council of Women (KNCW) National Council of Women of Great Britain (NCWGB) Sponsored by: Ministry of Gender Equality & Family, Republic of Korea
Parallel event to the 59 th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women Hosted by: Korean National Council of Women (KNCW) Korean Institute for Women & Politics (KIWP) Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) Sponsored by: Ministry of Gender Equality & Family, Republic of Korea
Sharing knowledge and experience to improve the working conditions of women and strengthen equality is the main objective of the international conference ‘Women’s health and work' that the ETUI organises on March 4-6, 2015 at the ITUH in Brussels. The conference will touch on 6 areas organised in workshops of broad interest: health inequalities and division of labour; women workers...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is celebrating International Women's Day. The event will take place at EIGE’s premises in Vilnius, on 6 March, 2015. EIGE supports the Presidencies of the Council of the EU in delivering reports / research notes on the EU follow-up of the BPfA. Therefore, EIGE will present the findings of its Research Note on...
EIGE is having a meeting with Lithuanian NGOs and trade unions. The aim is to present EIGE's goals and activities on promoting gender eguality and to have a discussion about it. If you need more details about this meeting, please contact us at: rdc.info@eige.europa.eu
