Following the Work-Life Balance Directive implementation, it is now essential to understand its national impact and how it is affecting the work of various stakeholders, including Equality Bodies, labour inspectorates, and trade unions. The event objective is to support Equality Bodies in building their capacity in efficiently implementing the Work-Life Balance Directive and ensuring a strong protection of parents and...
The conference “Men’s Emotional Health: Towards Support and Well-Being” aims to address the crucial topic of men’s emotional health and the need to break down stigmas associated with it, fostering safe spaces for men to openly discuss their problems without fear of judgment. Among experts, researchers, policymakers, and representatives of men’s organizations from various backgrounds, EIGE's Visual and social media...
EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele will participate in the Women Political Leaders 2023 Summit in Brussels. This event brings yearly a network of women working in politics together, to discuss the current state of female politicians. Director Scheele will take part as a speaker in a panel on 'Violence against women in politics', to bring in EIGE's evidence on the topic.
Representatives from the governments, EU delegations and civil society from the EU candidate countries and a potential candidate gathered for the 15th meeting of the established EIGE’s Regional Coordination Platform for Gender Equality Action in the Western Balkans and Türkiye. The presentations and discussions focused on bridging gender equality and the green agenda in the region. EIGE also marked the...
EIGE is an observer in the GEC and will exchange information on relevant projects and possibilities for cooperation, particularly in the areas of GBV and political decision-making. At this session, the members will discuss the draft Gender Equality Strategy 2024-2029.
EIGE, in collaboration with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU (The Swedish Embassy in Vilnius), the Lithuanian CSO Centre for Equality Advancement, and the Lithuanian Parliament is organising a conference on the pressing topic of violence against women in times of crisis and conflict, with a focus on EU and Eastern Partnership countries.
EIGE together with the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) is conducting the joint VAW-II Survey in the 8 Member States that are not part of the EU-GBV survey. EIGE and FRA will attend the train the trainers session with the contractors and national researchers to ensure that the goals of the survey are clear and that the ethical and the ‘First...
EIGE Director participates at the 42 nd FRA (Fundamental Rights Agency) Management Board meeting and holds bilateral meetings with the Director of the ELA (European Labour Authority).
The Fundamental Rights Agency will carry out a survey data collection and in-depth interviews in three countries on violence and related human rights abuses against women fleeing the war in Ukraine. EIGE has been appointed as a member of the Steering Committee (SC). The members of the SC will learn from and provide input to the envisaged activities within the...
The event will aim to bring together gender and data specialists from the European Commission, EU development partners, and UN Women for an interactive dialogue to explore how data can be used as an important tool to reinvigorate progress on gender equality and the implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan III. It will also showcase how UN Women is...
Ligia Nobrega is to take part in the session on ‘New data sources and emerging issues’ with a presentation of Quality considerations for EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database supported by an accepted paper. EIGE’s representative will be a discussant on the panel Gender and Digital Divide and will be a speaker in the panel on Measuring Violence Against Women led by...
Joining a panel of experts for the session on 'De-democratisation and opposition to gender equality politics in Europe , EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, will weigh in on ways to avoid and move forward from democractic backsliding. In spite of the EU´s constitutional commitment to gender equality and mainstreaming, over the last decade, several EU member states have experienced growth of...