Are You Ready for the European Parliament Elections 2024? Take the Gender Equality Quiz! From 6 to 9 June 2024, people in the EU will vote for the 720 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing 480 million Europeans. But before you vote, have you considered gender equality? Publication date 01 May 2024
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...
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 can parliaments do to advance gender equality? Discover our step-by-step toolkit Section Gender mainstreaming
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
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
Provision of Medical Services for the Staff of the European Institute for Gender Equality in Vilnius, Lithuania … to staff concerned. Advice on sickness and associated absence or underperformance. Examine medical files of EIGE’s … Type Procurement Type Call for tender
Provision of interim personnel services for the European Institute for Gender Equality in Vilnius, Lithuania … to maternity/parental leaves, sickness or other reasons of absence. Important At the request of the tenderer, EIGE may … Type Procurement Type Call for tender
Human Resources Administrative Agent - Contract Agent FGIII … with data protection obligations. Support the process of absence management and planning. Assist with the … Type Vacancy Type Contract Agents
Work-life balance for men and women remains unequal … to work. Paternity leave is a paid or unpaid leave of absence from work granted to a father to care for an infant. … Type News article Topics Employment
Statement by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) … of human rights and gender equality. Given the continued absence of comparable EU-wide data on violence against women, … Type News article
Climate needs more women in decision making! … men are known to be influenced by gender stereotypes, the absence of female role models in science and engineering, as … Type News article Topics Environment and climate change
EIGE’s study on female genital mutilation yields the first EU-wide map on the situation of FGM … findings of the study’s first phase show that despite the absence of reliable prevalence data, national policies are … Type News article Topics Health Migration Violence
Women victims of violence receive insufficient support in the EU … specialised services for women victims of violence and the absence of mandatory gender-sensitive training for … Type News article Topics Justice Violence
Combating gender-based violence seriously hampered by data gaps … against women is still a hidden crime across the EU. The absence of reliable data and information on the prevalence of … Type News article Topics Justice Violence
Provision of Medical Services for the Staff of the European Institute for Gender Equality in Vilnius, Lithuania … to staff concerned. Advice on sickness and associated absence or underperformance. Examine medical files of EIGE’s … Type Procurement Type Call for tender
Austria’s national broadcaster adopts gender equality plan … interest groups. Its implementation may suffer from the absence of sanctions if quotas are not met. Such a plan could … Type Good practice Country Austria Topics Culture
Financial services designed for women, by women … over the years. At the time it was set up, women’s absence from decision-making centres, gender stereotyping and … Type Good practice Country Cyprus Topics Entrepreneurship
Gender-responsive public procurement … provisions; uncertainty regarding some existing rules; the absence of monitoring and reporting requirements. More … However, such policies are unlikely to work in the absence of broader capacity building for women-owned … Type Method/Tool