Gender mainstreaming has been internationally adopted as a key strategy towards making gender equality a reality.
Its ultimate goal is to redress gender inequalities in policies, services and public interventions. To put this into practice, EIGE has created this platform on gender mainstreaming with step-by-step guidance.
Gender mainstreaming involves applying a gender equality perspective in each phase of the policy-making cycle as well as all areas within policies and processes such as procurement or budgeting.
EIGE supports EU institutions and EU member states’ governmental bodies with the integration of a gender perspective in their work.
EIGE Director Carlien Scheele spoke at the ‘Gender Flagship Capitalization Conference – Best Practices & Lessons Learned’ in Brussels Organized by SG REFORM and Expertise France.
EU Funds can be transformative: they’ve helped reduce inequality across the EU. Yet when it comes to equality between women and men, they’re not reaching their full potential.
Gender-neutral job evaluation and classification is a helpful tool for employers to uphold the principle of equal pay for the same work or work of equal value between women and men. In cooperation with the European Commission, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has developed a practical toolkit with clear steps, templates and examples to help organisations (and others)...
This policy brief highlights the key benefits of implementing gender-neutral job evaluation and classification for employers and provides additional insights for workers and social partners, who can likewise apply these methods in their collective agreements. The policy brief also introduces the step-by-step toolkit on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification, developed by EIGE and the European Commission to support the implementation...