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    • Unpaid care: Around one third of women and men struggle to strike a work-life balance in the EU

      Unpaid care is often taken for granted. It's simply done without question as a labour of love. But EIGE’s new time use survey focused on care, leisure and volunteering activities reveals unpaid care is in a pressure cooker situation right now which demands introspection and long-term solutions. Data collected from all EU Member States found that 42% of women and 38% of men are involved in unpaid caregiving activities, such as caring for children, older family members, or people with disabilities.

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      01 Jun 2023
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    • Are you ready to take #3StepsForward for gender equality?

      Achieving equality between women and men makes everyone better off. We have come a long way, but there’s still more to do. Let’s shape an economy where gender equality, social fairness and prosperity go hand in hand. #3StepsForward is how policymakers, business leaders and individuals can unite to build a fairer future. We all have a role to play. Join our #3StepsForward campaign and do your part!

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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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    • Sexism at work: How can we stop it?

      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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      24 Nov 2020
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    • What does it take to achieve gender equality? – Resources and structures key for women's empowerment

      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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      27 Feb 2023
    • GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality

      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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      18 Oct 2022
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    • Hidden in plain sight: improving legal responses for ‘invisible’ victims of femicide

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      07 Feb 2023
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    • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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      03 Mar 2023
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Gender Budgeting

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  • Who is this toolkit for?
  • What is gender budgeting?
    • Introducing gender budgeting
    • Gender budgeting in women’s and men’s lived realities
    • What does gender budgeting involve in practice?
    • Gender budgeting in the EU Funds
      • Gender budgeting as a way of complying with EU legal requirements
      • Gender budgeting as a way of promoting accountability and transparency
      • Gender budgeting as a way of increasing participation in budget processes
      • Gender budgeting as a way of advancing gender equality
  • Why is gender budgeting important in the EU Funds?
    • Three reasons why gender budgeting is crucial in the EU Funds
  • How can we apply gender budgeting in the EU Funds? Practical tools and Member State examples
    • Tool 1: Connecting the EU Funds with the EU’s regulatory framework on gender equality
      • Legislative and regulatory basis for EU policies on gender equality
      • Concrete requirements for considering gender equality within the EU Funds
      • EU Funds’ enabling conditions
      • Additional resources
    • Tool 2: Analysing gender inequalities and gender needs at the national and sub-national levels
      • Steps to assess and analyse gender inequalities and needs
      • Step 1. Collect information and disaggregated data on the target group
      • Step 2. Identify existing gender inequalities and their underlying causes
      • Step 3. Consult directly with the target groups
      • Step 4. Draw conclusions
      • Additional resources
    • Tool 3: Operationalising gender equality in policy objectives and specific objectives/measures
      • Steps for operationalising gender equality in Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes
      • General guidance on operationalising gender equality when developing policy objectives, specific objectives and measures
      • Checklist for putting the horizontal principle of gender equality into practice in Partnership Agreements
      • Checklist for putting the horizontal principle of gender equality into practice in Operational Programmes
      • Examples of integrating gender equality as a horizontal principle in policy objectives and specific objectives
    • Tool 4: Coordination and complementarities between the EU Funds to advance work-life balance
      • Steps for enhancing coordination and complementarities between the funds
      • Step 1. Alignment with the EU’s strategic engagement goals for gender equality and national gender equality goals
      • Steps 2 and 3. Identifying and developing possible work-life balance interventions
      • Step 4. Following-up through the use of indicators within M&E systems
      • Fictional case study 1: reconciling paid work and childcare
      • Fictional case study 2: reconciling shift work and childcare
      • Fictional case study 3: balancing care for oneself and others
      • Fictional case study 4: reconciling care for children and older persons with shift work
      • Additional resources
    • Tool 5: Defining partnerships and multi-level governance
      • Steps for defining partnerships and multi-level governance
      • Additional resources
    • Tool 6: Developing quantitative and qualitative indicators for advancing gender equality
      • Steps to develop quantitative and qualitative indicators
      • ERDF and Cohesion Fund
      • ESF+
      • EMFF
      • Additional resources
    • Tool 7: Defining gender-sensitive project selection criteria
      • Steps to support gender-sensitive project development and selection
      • Checklist to guide the preparation of calls for project proposals
      • Checklist for project selection criteria
      • Supplementary tool 7.a: Gender-responsive agreements with project implementers
    • Tool 8: Tracking resource allocations for gender equality in the EU Funds
      • Ensuring gender relevance in EU Funds
      • The tracking system
      • Steps for tracking resource allocations on gender equality
      • Step 1: Ex ante approach
      • Step 2: Ex post approach
      • Examples of Step 2a
      • Annex 1: Ex ante assignment of intervention fields to the gender equality dimension codes
      • Annex 2: The EU’s gender equality legal and policy framework
    • Tool 9: Mainstreaming gender equality in project design
      • Steps to mainstream gender equality in project design
      • Step 1. Alignment with partnership agreements’ and Operational Programmes’ gender objectives and indicators
      • Step 2. Project development and application
      • Step 3. Project implementation
      • Step 4. Project assessment
    • Tool 10: Integrating a gender perspective in monitoring and evaluation processes
      • Steps to integrate a gender perspective in M&E processes
      • Additional resources
    • Tool 11: Reporting on resource spending for gender equality in the EU Funds
      • Tracking expenditures for gender equality
      • Additional resources
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  • Work-life balance in the European Union
  • Synergies and simplification for cohesion policy post-2020: Council adopts conclusions

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