11th-12th October 2018, Beurs Van Berlaage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The STEMM Equality Congress 2018 will offer delegates an opportunity to hear from and interact with thought leaders in equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, policy and practice in STEMM worldwide. Attended by over 350 leading researchers, policy makers, equality staff, the private sector, academic staff, government representatives and NGOs from across...
On 8-9 October 2018, EIGE experts will be visiting Italy and, in cooperation with the Italian Department for Equal Opportunities, will be organising a gender equality seminar. The aim of the event is to present EIGE's gender equality toolkit as well as the progress of gender equality in the European Union - with a special focus on Italy. Although Italy...
Modern urban planning & development should take into account the different needs of women & men. But how? EIGE's expert, Helena Morais Maceira, presents our gender equality toolbox to local / regional policy-makers. Get more insights from her presentation (enclosed under RESOURCES tab). Explore the following policy areas under EIGE's Gender Mainstreaming Platform: Transport Energy Tourism Regional policy
As the fourth pillar of democracy, the media is a crucial sector in which gender and women’s issues must be addressed in order to improve equality across society. Despite progress in other areas of representation and democracy, women are still underrepresented in media governance structures and policy/agenda setting positions in the industry. Indeed, the treatment of women and gender in...
People from all walks of life will come together at FRA’s inclusive, innovative and forward-looking Fundamental Rights Forum, organised in Vienna on 25-28 September 2018, under the banner of Connect.Reflect.Act. It will bring together leading European and global agents for change from diverse walks of life, including high-level representatives of all major international and regional human rights organisations. Many hail...
On the 23 September 2018, we'll be giving out to people food passels, to support their living and spreading the message of love to the community as well.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The AGORA is back! AGORA is a European Women’s Lobby programme that brings young feminists from all over Europe to Brussels for a 5-day gathering to discuss and explore feminism and learn from each other. Our next AGORA will take place from 29 August to 2 September 2018 and we are now looking for candidates to take...
In cooperation with EU Social Partners, EIGE is organising the conference "Finding the way out from segregation in education, training and employment: Fostering gender equality and the role of social partners” on 3 July 2018 in Brussels. The seminar will gather stakeholders from employer and union organisations from all EU Member States. The aim of the meeting is to reflect...
Gendering the Western Balkans’ EU Accession Processes is a five-year programme, funded by The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, and implemented by the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation in cooperation with local women’s civil society organisations in the Western Balkans. It includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The overall objective of the programme is to strengthen...
The European Institute for Gender Equality will the launch the study on estimating the numbers of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in Cyprus, Belgium, Greece, France, Italy and Malta. The event will take place on 25 June 2018 in Nicosia and is organised in cooperation with the Office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality of Cyprus. We will...
The European Institute for Gender Equality will launch the study on estimating the numbers of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in Greece, Belgium, France, Italy, Malta and Cyprus. The event will take place on 22 June 2018 in Athens and is organised in cooperation with Greek General Secretariat for Gender Equality . We will present our latest research...
Genera is a European project funded under Horizon 2020 to implement Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in physics research organisations. GENERA developed a range of evidence- and practice-based tools and recommendations to assist in the design and implementation of GEPs, which can be also applied to other related fields. The project started in September 2015 and is now ready to share...
