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...
On average, women entrepreneurs represent only one third of entrepreneurs in Europe. While there are increasingly more policies supporting female entrepreneurship at regional, national and local levels, women’s entrepreneurship and business creativity remain an untapped resource for jobs and economic growth. A number of challenges, from difficult reconciliation of business and family, limited access to business networks, lack of funding...
The course aims at promoting gender equality in the world of work, by introducing participants to gender concepts, and providing basic tools to promote gender equality (gender analysis, gender planning, etc) The deadline to apply is January 25, 2016 Ce cours est aussi offert en français.
Registration is accepted by invitation only. If you want more details about the meeting, please contact the Project Manager Maurizio Mosca at: maurizio.mosca@eige.europa.eu
This meeting is organised within the framework of EIGE’s work on good practices. The event represents a key step in EIGE’s approach to the assessment of good practices in gender mainstreaming, and the involvement of relevant stakeholders is a pillar of such an approach. The aim of the study is to assess practices with potential that have been collected in...
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day and in the run up to Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) invites you to the conference “Gender equality and sport: towards a level playing field for women”. The event is held in cooperation with the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, the Nordic Embassies and the Nordic...
Part 1: Sex and Gender in Medicines Regulation Will focus on current medical regulation, clinical trials, legislation, GCP guidelines, healthcare and research policies and how these must be changed to implement sex and gender aspects. The policy briefs on 5 major disease areas will be used as background information providing practical examples of sex and gender differences. Part 2: Sex...
Gender equality is a fundamental right recognised since the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and the Charter of Fundamental Rights as well as in Article 8 of the TFEU. Despite the fact that the EU has adopted numerous texts to ensure equal opportunities and treatment for men and women and to combat all forms of discrimination based on sex, insufficient...
On 3 March 2016, POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ along with the Gender Balance Power Map project partners will organise a European conference entitled “Social and conventional enterprises co-inspiring each other to promote gender opportunities”. The event will be hosted from 16.00 to 17.30 by the 10th edition of the Brussels JUMP Forum. Enterprises and managers from all over Europe are invited...
On 3 March EIGE will contribute to European Parliament's Interparliamentary Committee meeting on "Women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU", hosted by the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee (FEMM). The meeting is the annual European Parliament's event dedicated to celebrate International Women's Day. A number of high level speakers, among them EP President Schulz, former President of Ireland...
The well-being of any democracy is measured in how its minorities are included. In recent decades we have in different ways experienced a gradual downplaying of civil rights, liberties and equality of European Muslim women. Still, we lack a strategy that corresponds to the seriousness of this issue. As Islamophobia is a growing problem, we are at the same time...
