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
AUGUST Call for papers: the 4th Health in Transition Conference: Challenges of Health, Demographic Changes, and Wellbeing in Post-socialist Societies … aid in crisis settings Migration of patients and medical personnel (Bio)technological developments Changing health … Type Event
On the road to gender equality: gender balance in the European Economic and Social Committee - Study presentation - 3 March 2020, Brussels … only 17% of Rapporteurs were women. As regards the EESC's personnel, women are much better represented: there is almost … Type Event
Gender Budget Report – National Research Council (IT) … higher than that of male colleagues. The distribution of personnel varies by department: 34 % women in Engineering, … Type Toolkit page Country Italy Topics Education Employment Research
Maternity Cover Fund and Return to Work policy (UK) … Cover Funds are administered and managed centrally by the Personnel Office and claims can be made through an online … Type Toolkit page Country Non EU countries Topics Education Employment Research
Family-leave without consequences for the academic career (FI) … extends temporary contracts of teaching and research personnel if they have been absent due to maternity, … Type Toolkit page Country Finland Topics Education Employment Research
Gender Equality Plan development and implementation … equality more independent of passionate individuals and personnel changes , and thereby ensure sustainability. … staff time capacities may be earmarked to engage personnel from across the organisation in various steps, for … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Data collection and monitoring … and publish disaggregated data on the sex and/or gender of personnel (and students, where relevant) and carry out annual … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Success factors for gender equality plan development and implementation … goals of the organisation (e.g. attracting talented personnel) and show that you are all in the same boat, … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Horizon Europe gender equality plan eligibility criterion … by collecting and analysing sex-disaggregated data on personnel (and students, for the relevant organisations). … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Which stakeholders to involve and how? … groups or representatives of certain categories of personnel (e.g. young researchers) should be involved. What … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Step 5: Monitoring progress and evaluating a Gender Equality Plan Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Step 2: Analysing and assessing the status quo in research funding bodies … and publish disaggregated data on the sex and/or gender of personnel (and students, where relevant) and carry out annual … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Resistance and common challenges – and how to overcome them Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Why change must be structural … This is why the research sector ultimately loses qualified personnel. Gender-blind and gender-biased research and … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
What is a Gender Equality Plan … organisational structures and governance mechanisms. Personnel . Each organisation has a specific sociodemographic … Type Toolkit page Topics Education Employment Research
Austria … Intensifying gender equality programmes and measures in personnel and career planning will strengthen gender equality … Type Toolkit page Country Austria Topics Education Employment Research
Belgium … Action Plan 2014 Sustainable Gender Policy for Academic Personnel promotes gender diversity among academic staff … Type Toolkit page Country Belgium Topics Education Employment Research
Czechia … The funding (CZK 500,000 per year) is to be used for personnel costs only, including supporting researchers‘ … Type Toolkit page Country Czechia Topics Education Employment Research