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  • A comparison between classic and social business models : What are the limits and opportunities for women to access decision-making positions?

    Gathering 7 european partners, the Gender Balance Power Map project aims to compare promotion processes of women workers in conventional and social business in order to identify best practices. FACE fundation invites you to its final workshop. This event will be the occasion to present the national comparative study and to involve companies to elaborate recommendations. The event will be...

  • World Women Congress, Pechino+ 20

    MILAN # EXPO2015 26 27 September 28, 2015 WORLD CONFERENCE OF WOMEN TWENTY YEARS AFTER BEIJING PAPER WOMEN'S WORLD at Piazza di Lombardia JOB ECONOMY RIGHTS FUTURE Because there are no places for opportunities Expo 2015 was an opportunity to put the center on the theme of how to feed the planet, creating energy for life, feed a growing population...

  • SEPTEMBER: World Women Congress, Pechino+ 20

    I am pleased to invite you to the World Women Conference to be held 26 th , 27 th and 28 th September 2015 in Milan, Palazzo di Lombardia, to work together and expand the map traced during the World Women Conference in Beijing in 1995. During the Conference that encompasses the spirit of many women operating mostly in multicultural...

  • EIGE represented at International Book Fair in Gothenburg

    EIGE's Director, Virginija Langbakk has contributed with an article on gender perspective on power to the book "Kvinnornas EU"/ "Women's EU" (red. Gabriele Winai Strom) that is launched today at the International Book Fair in Gothenburg. On this occasion, participants to the bookfair are invited to attend a debate on "How can women increase their influence in the EU"? Jytte...

  • Discussion on gender-based violence with students from Oslo

    A group of master students from the department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo are going to visit EIGE's Recourse and Documentation center. The purpose of this meeting is to have a discussion on gender-based violence. If you need more information about this event, please contact us at: rdc.info@eige.europa.eu

  • SEPTEMBER 2015: "Engaging Men for Gender Equality" Online Discussion

    The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) invites you to participate in the online discussion “ Engaging Men for Gender Equality”. It is the third one we will be organising this year, thus it is already becoming a very well received tradition. EIGE has been looking for ways how to integrate the area of men and gender equality in its...

  • Discussion on gender equality related issues

    Women from Georgia, Palestine and Lithuania who take part in the project ''Sharing for Empowerement: Women in (Post)Conflict Situations'' are having the meeting in EIGE's Recourse and Documentation Center to discuss gender equality related issues. The first part of this meeting is dedicated to lecture about social construction of gender. The second part of the meeting is to allocate to...

  • Becoming a manager as a woman: what differences between conventional and social enterprises?

    In the framework of the Gender Balance Power Map project, POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ organizes on 15 September 2015, at the Institute for Equality between Women and Men (Brussels, Belgium), a full day of participative workshops on the access of women to management positions. The aim of the day will be to compare promotion processes in conventional and social enterprises in...

  • Do you want to be a gender expert?

    Want to be a gender expert? OQ Consulting BV ( Organization pro Quality of life for all) is pleased to invite you for a training on Gender Mainstreaming in public policy and in project cycle management in Europe. The training is targeted to Civil Servants, operators and NGOs staff involved in projects and programmes who wish to increase their gender...

  • Gender equality within EU

    The group of danish runners who are joining the 12th annual Danske Bank Vilnius Maraton will come to visit EIGE. The group combine its programme with various political focus areas which include the gender equality as well. Therefore the aim of this meeting is to introduce them to the gender equality in the Baltic States and EU in general. If...

  • AUGUST Call for papers: the 4th Health in Transition Conference: Challenges of Health, Demographic Changes, and Wellbeing in Post-socialist Societies

    Call for Papers: the 4th Health in Transition Conference: Challenges of Health, Demographic Changes, and Wellbeing in Post-socialist Societies August 26-27, 2015 Hosted by: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia) The 4th Health in Transition Conference addresses current challenges of health, demographic change, and wellbeing in post-socialist societies and the role of social sciences and...