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  • Gender Equality Academy | Gender in teaching: why is gender relevant in teaching in STEM and how to integrate it

    Registration is open! WHY: This online training aims at introducing and problematizing on gender bias in knowledge production and knowledge transfer and sensitizing on gender relevance in teaching method and interaction (materials, examples, classroom communication, etc.). It will enhance self-reflection capacity to further identify gender biases in teaching methods, contents and evaluation and to tackle them. FOR WHOM: It offers...

  • How can we improve asylum procedures and ensure that reporting obligations protect girls at risk of FGM? Exchange of challenges and good practices

    To help Member States end female genital mutilation (FGM), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is estimating the risk of FGM in Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain and developing country-specific recommendations to eradicate the practice. This online experience-sharing meeting will be an opportunity for government and civil society representatives, academics and other national stakeholders to exchange experiences from these...

  • 25th Experts’ Forum meeting

    The 4 th Management Board and Experts’ Forum joint meeting in February 2020 highlighted the need to understand anti-gender equality narratives and strategies in the European Union Member States. To address this need, EIGE has contracted independent experts David Paternotte and Neil Datta to develop a paper that identifies the most common narratives and strategies questioning the value of gender...

  • Gender Equality Academy | Webinar: Gender bias in academic recruitment and promotion. Recognizing and overcoming it.

    Registration is open! WHY: The webinar “ Gender bias in academic recruitment and promotion. Recognizing and overcoming it” aims at sensitising about the benefits of recruiting diverse talents and highlighting how bias is often embedded in recruitment processes, tools, and lexicon. Participants will get the chance to familiarise with existing promising practices. FOR WHOM: It offers a learning opportunity to...

  • Women in Informatics Research and Education (WIRE) Workshop

    Why and how to improve gender balance at all stages of the career path in Informatics (Computer Science, Computing, IT, ITC) will be the theme of the online workshop the Informatics Europe working group on Women in Informatics Research and Education (WIRE) will be organising on 28 October, 13:30-17:30, as part of the online ECSS 2020 program. The 2020 WIRE...

  • UN World Data Forum

    The UN World Data Forum brings together: data and statistical experts and users from governments, civil society, the private sector, donor and philanthropic bodies, international and regional agencies, the geospatial community, the media, academia, and professional bodies. Data experts and users gather to spur data innovation, mobilize high-level political and financial support for data and build a pathway to better...

  • “The Gendered Impact of Austerity Policies in Europe” PGAE Gender Seminar

    The Program on Gender Analysis in Economics (PGAE) of American University will host an online seminar by Dr. Erica Aloe, visiting scholar-in-residence, on the gendered impact of austerity policies in Europe. The study focuses on the effects of spending cuts in social protection on women's and men's time poverty. The analysis is based on EU-SILC data and covers the 27...

  • Engaging with communities and actors on female genital mutilation: exchange of challenges and good practice

    To support Member States in ending female genital mutilation (FGM), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is undertaking research to estimate the risk of female genital mutilation in Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain in order to develop recommendations to strengthen the efforts to eliminate FGM. This online experience-sharing meeting was an opportunity for government and civil society representatives, academics...

  • ILO PARTICIPATORY GENDER AUDIT FACILITATORS’ CERTIFICATION

    The ILO Participatory Gender Audit (PGA) is an assessment tool that helps organizations analyze gender issues, including capacity, challenges, and good practices. Facilitators that earn this certification ensure that their organizations meet or exceed the current standards. The process promotes organizational learning and gender mainstreaming through participatory methods. Are you ready to become an accredited PGA facilitator? Visit https://www.itcilo.org/courses/ilo-participatory-gender-audit-facilitat… Apply...

  • The final seminar of the Gender Matters? project: Gender Matters!

    The international final seminar of the Gender matters? project is organised as part of the Gender Equality Days held on 7–8 October 2020. The project’s final seminar on 7 October is aimed at international and national audiences, particularly political decision-makers, journalists and communications professionals as well as gender equality specialists. The seminar is held in English. The seminar includes discussion...

  • Gender Equality Academy | Workshop: Gender sensitive leadership: what does it take?

    The Gender Equality Academy is back with face-to-face sessions. Registration is now open for the workshop "Gender sensitive leadership: what does it take?" in Trondheim, Norway. This session aims at sensitising about the value of gender-sensitive decision-making processes and raising awareness about existing tools on how to get better gender balance in your unit. Attend this workshop and learn about...

  • Joint webinar with Gearing Roles | Challenges for feminist leadership in HEIs

    GE Academy team is delighted to announce this joint webinar with our sister project, Gearing Roles. The topic of this 90 minutes webinar is “Challenges for feminist leadership in HEIs". Registration is now open! WHY: This webinar aims at deepening the understanding of the challenges and dilemmas faced by feminist leaders in complex organisations. The speaker draws on her own...