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  • Europe Day Activities - 60 years of the EU

    Happy Europe Day! This year, Europe Day is special to the EU institutions since the European Union celebrates its 60th anniversary. Many EU institutions and agencies across Europe open their doors and invite citizens to learn more about how the EU works. On the 5th of May, EIGE and the European Parliament Information Office in Lithuania will host a joint-event...

  • Online Certificate Course in Gender-based Violence Training

    Course Description: Gender-based violence (GBV) has been recognized as a cross-cutting issue affecting the lives of victims from a diversity of dimensions including culture, education, health, economy, psychology, livelihoods and political participation. In fact, violence against women and girls was chosen as one of the critical areas of action following the Beijing Conference. This presents a key opportunity for different...

  • The 15th Journalist Thematic Network Meeting - Valletta, Malta

    This year's first Journalist Thematic Network meeting will be held from 11 - 12 May in Valletta, Malta, the country currently hosting the EU presidency. Dr. Jolanta Reingarde, Senior Researcher at EIGE, will start off the meeting by presenting key findings from our report on gender, skills and precarious employment, prepared at the request of the Maltese presidency. In the...

  • AT GENDER Spring Conference

    Organised by ATGENDER, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation, with support from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and Vilnius University (VU), the 2017 edition of the ATGENDER Spring conference is dedicated to building dialogues between gender researchers, activists, students, educators and policy makers. The main goal of this conference is to address gaps between academic...

  • 11th meeting of the Gender Equality Commission (Council of Europe)

    EIGE's new Study on Economic Benefits of Gender Equality prove that more gender equality boosts economic growth. The evidence confirms that improvements to gender equality would generate more jobs for the EU – up to 10.5 million additional jobs by 2050. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita would also be positively affected and could increase up to nearly 10% by...

  • 5-6 APR: G-NET Summit 2017

    G-NET (Gender Equality Training Network: EU Contributions to Gender Mainstreaming and Citizenship) organises the G-NET Summit 2017, the final conference of this network of European and Latin American universities which develops contents and teaching on European Integration and Gender. Experts on gender will provide their knowledge on the introduction of the gender mainstreaming in the public policies and university structures...

  • The Europe of the future #statigeneralidonne #europadelledonne

    March 16, Milan, European Parliament, from 15 to 18 event on : https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-leuropa-che-verra-statigeneralido… March 25, Rome, the Foreign Press Room, from 9 to 19 event on: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-incontro-di-preparazione-leuropa-… The States-General of the women are participating in the 60 years of Europe with an experimental laboratory, at the Hall of the Foreign Press Association, from 9 to 19, which as Italian experience...

  • Meeting of EIGE, Gender Focal Points of EU Delegations in IPA countries, DG NEAR, DG JUST and EEAS

    After starting its activities in 2010, the Institute initiated its cooperation with IPA countries in 2013. The Gender Focal Points in EU Delegations in the Western Balkans region and Turkey have emerged as an increasingly important stakeholder group and key partners for EIGE. Our activities in several Western Balkans countries have already benefited significantly from direct assistance when interacting with...

  • 5 - 12 MAR: Study Session "Exploring gender equality in environmental projects"

    Youth and Environment Europe would like to invite young people to join the study session "Exploring gender equality in environmental projects" co-organised with the Council of Europe’s Youth Department at the European Youth Centre Strasbourg. In this project we would like to explore what gender equality means for youth organisations, how to bring gender perspective to environmental youth projects and...

  • AUTO-DISCRIMINATION, FEMMES & RECHERCHE D'EMPLOI

    POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ - PLS en partenariat avec BeFace organise le 10 mars 2017 un séminaire sur l'intériorisation de la discrimination chez les femmes issues de la diversité en recherche d'emploi. Les femmes ayant subi ou constaté des discriminations peuvent les intérioriser au point de compromettre leur recherche d'emploi. Le séminaire s'adresse aux entreprises, aux structures publiques et organisations du...

  • EIGE at the European Parliament's Seminar for Journalists

    Reducing the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education areas could help reduce skills gap, increase employment and productivity of women and reduce occupational segregation. Ultimately this would foster economic growth via both higher productivity and increased labour market activity. These are outcomes of EIGE's new Study on Economic Benefits of Gender Equality. Find out more about...

  • GenPORT e-Discussion on Gender Balance in Decision-Making in Research Organisations

    Join experts from across the globe to discuss Gender Balance in Decision-Making in Research Organisations. Online discussion, 23rd of Februrary, 2017 10:00 – 12:00 Central European Time. Despite various national and EU level gender equality policies in science, the research sector in Europe continues to waste and underutilize the resources of highly skilled and talented women: Whilst currently every other...