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  • Event "A Europe free from Gender-based Violence"

    Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most pervasive human rights violations of our time. It is rooted in gender inequalities and reinforces them. Gender-based violence harms women, men, families, communities and society. Working towards the eradication of GBV has and will be a priority concern also for EIGE in the upcoming years. Durign the event "A Europe free from...

  • Towards a common approach for the collection of administrative data on gender-based violence in the EU: focus on police and justice

    EIGE will hold a seminar “Towards a common approach for the collection of administrative data on gender-based violence in the EU: focus on police and justice”. The event will take place on the 8 December 2014, in Brussels, among key representatives of the EU-28 Member States and EU institutions connected to gender-based violence, especially from police and justice sectors. It...

  • STATI GENERALI DELLE DONNE

    5 dicembre 2014,ore 9 Roma Parlamento Europeo via IV novembre STATI GENERALI DELLE DONNE L'ITALIA CONTINUA A NON ESSERE UN PAESE PER DONNE Patrocinio in via di richiesta a Presidenza Consiglio dei Ministri,Commissione Europea, Camera dei Deputati, Cug Ministero Sviluppo Economico,Dipartimento Pari Opportunità Spesso occhi nuovi possono fornire soluzioni nuove. L’esperienza deve essere valorizzata e si deve impedire che la...

  • Book launch Nordic Gender & Media Forum

    Making change. Sharing Nordic & Baltic experiences on Working T owards Gender E quality in the M edia. How can the media industry promote gender equality? What difference can activists make? How can research contribute to develop and share knowledge? These issues are in focus when the project Nordic Gender & Media Forum is launching the anthology Making change. Nordic...

  • Invitation to seminar and book launch "Making Change. Nordic Examples of Working Towards Gender Equality in the Media"

    On behalf of the Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research and the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, You are invited to the seminar and the book launch "Making Change. Nordic Examples of Working Towards Gender Equality in the Media". The book is a collection of good practices that contain gender statistics about film, journalism, computer games...

  • Seminar on Promoting Effective and Sustainable Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Gender Equality

    DAY 2 - 3 December 2014 Opening & Introductory Remarks Virginija Langbakk, Director, European Institute for Gender Equality Gintaras Klimavičius, Vice-minister, Chair of the Commission on Equality Between Women and Men, Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania Andrius Krivas, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Martin Hagström, Ambassador for the Eastern...

  • EIGE at FEMM committee meeting

    EIGE's Director Virginija Langbakk will participate in the meeting of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) of the European Parliament. EIGE's Director will present the Institute's activities and its 2015 work programme.

  • Peer review - Good Practices in the area of Reconciliation of Work, Family and Private Life

    The expert meeting will provide an occasion to present some good practices identified in the area of reconciliation of work, family and private life (awareness-raising, benchmarking and self-regulation) as well as to exchange and share experiences and approaches among stakeholders and experts. Report from the meeting (.pdf)

  • EIGE's peer review - Good Practices on reconciliation

    EIGE will host a peer review on good practices in the area of reconciliation of work, family and private life, with specific focus on approaches on awareness-raising, benchmarking and self-regulation. The event will gather experts and stakeholders from EU Member States and it will provide the opportunity lo learn and share approaches and experiences. It will furthermore represent the chance...

  • 25 November 2014: Launch of two EIGE studies on Gender-based Violence

    Three years ago EIGE joined the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign that calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against women. For the campaign of 2014 EIGE has prepared a series of events involving the major players. The campaign will start in Vilnius on 25 November by launching two studies that are crucial for future...

  • 4th International Conference on the Survivors of Rape

    The conference on Survivals of Rape: Rape, Survivors, Policies and Support Systems a European Challenge, will take place in Lisbon. The ICSoR will continue to improve the knowledge of the impact of rape on survivals and the work of experts, researchers and support systems. The objective is to challenge the EU institutions and European policy makers to be engaged in...

  • Journalist Thematic Network Rome

    The Journalist Thematic Network Meeting will take place in Rome on 18 and 19 November at the premises of the European Commission - Representation in Italy. During the meeting EIGE will present its latest and important report " Beijing +20" developed for the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU and will provide an analysis on how far gender...