Call for youth participation at the EIGE Gender Equality Forum 2024: Make your voice heard! The countdown is on for the second edition of the Gender Equality Forum! Join us online or on-site in Brussels on 10-11 December 2024 to engage in discussions on the future of gender equality in the EU until 2030. We want your voices and ideas to be heard, contributing to a call to action for equality 24/7. To ensure a...
EIGE Director Carlien Scheele calls for greater gender equality in access to the labour market In a High-Level Conference on a future oriented European Pillar of Social Rights on 15 April 2024 in Brussels, Director Carlien Scheele gave a key note address on access to the labour market from a gender equal and intersectional approach. Publication date 15 Apr 2024
Gender Equality Index 2023: Towards a green transition in transport and energy The Gender Equality Index 2023 presents the EU in relation to gender equality amid crises and uncertainties. In recent years, the world has been hit by repeated shocks and multiple crises. What remains constant is the fact that when crisis strikes, women and girls suffer disproportionally. The crises and shocks continuously threaten to create new challenges and reverse years of... Topics Culture Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Education Employment Energy Entrepreneurship Environment and climate change Health Justice Migration Poverty Regional policy Transport Youth Violence Publication date 24 Oct 2023 Available in: EN
Gender-sensitive communication 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. Section Publications
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? Publication date 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. Topics Economic and financial affairs Publication date 18 Oct 2022
Two years on: women fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine need more support How can essential healthcare services be strengthened for victims of conflict-related sexual violence? Topics Health Migration Youth Violence Publication date 20 Feb 2024
EIGE stresses the need for gender dimension in DSA transparency reporting EIGE, in its contribution to a public consultation on the design of transparency reports under the Digital Services Act (DSA), has highlighted the need to include gender-based measurement instruments. Topics Digital agenda Violence Publication date 01 Feb 2024
Apply to become our Seconded National Expert: Gender-based Violence! The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 1 invites applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The registration of applications will begin on 5 April 2024 and will close on 13 May 2024 at 13:30 Eastern European Time (EET). The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE... Type Seconded national experts Ref. number EIGE/2024/SNE/GBV Published date 03 Apr 2024 Closing date 13 May 2024, 13:30 Europe/Vilnius
Procurement Assistant … line with its annual procurement plan. The jobholder shall play a key role in enabling colleagues from different teams … Type Vacancy Type Contract Agents
Take care with ‘false generics’ … men playing sports is the 'norm'. In contrast when women play sports their gender will often be made explicit, as this … Type Toolkit page Topics Culture
Toolbox for planning work-life balance measures in ICT companies Type Toolkit page Topics Digital agenda Employment
How to: guiding principles for commissioning authorities … well as their respective staff. Commissioning authorities play a key role in planning, implementing, monitoring and … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment
Dimensions of gender mainstreaming in institutions: The SPO model … (although the structural dimension may also come into play at this point). Output dimension Mainstreaming gender … Type Toolkit page
Who is the guide for? … gender equality Institutions at EU and member state level play a crucial role in achieving gender equality, since they … Type Toolkit page
Step 10: Establishing a gender information management system … by sex and further categories (e.g. age, ethnicity etc.) play an important role in implementing gender mainstreaming, … data and the development of gender indicators can play a key role within the scope of gender information … Type Toolkit page
Individual level … within an institution. The individual person does indeed play a role, but their private life is not being questioned. … Type Toolkit page
How to react to resistance? Statements and reactions … because with gender mainstreaming new knowledge comes into play and actors are asked to have a closer look at possible … Type Toolkit page
Example 6: Setting gender equality objectives … gender equality in the state of Berlin are: Women and men play equal parts in determining and shaping the life of the … Type Toolkit page
EIGE’s new guide helps estimate the risk of female genital mutilation Type News article Topics Health Youth Violence
Gender diversity in action at AON: Understanding the gap Type Good practice Country Ireland Topics Digital agenda Employment
DigiPippi — the coolest girls’ club in Denmark Type Good practice Country Denmark Topics Digital agenda Employment