The COVID-19 pandemic is putting an unprecedented and significant strain on the global economy and public health systems. It is also highlighting, and magnifying inequalities and the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination faced by women and girls. The pandemic is moving beyond a global health crisis and morphing into a labour market, social and economic crisis, posing a serious...
GE Academy team is delighted to announce this joint webinar with our sister project, Gearing Roles. The topic of this 75 minutes webinar is “Bias and Resistances: Exploring Challenges to Gender Equality in Leadership and Decision-Making”. Registration is now open! WHY: This webinar aims at explaining and deepening the understanding of the role of gender bias in leadership and decision-making...
WHY: This webinar aims at presenting different discursive frameworks for gender equality in research and higher education (HE) and highlighting discursive opportunities and tensions between gender equality policies and mainstream HE policies. It will provide examples of strategic framing and priority-setting. FOR WHOM: It offers a learning opportunity to Gender Equality Plan team members / change agents Equality officers Decision-makers...
The 3rd International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR) will be held at the University of Reading, United Kingdom on the 2 -3 April 2020. The conference is being hosted by the Institute of Education in conjunction with the School of Law, Department of English Literature, Henley Business School, Department of Economics and the Prosperity and Resilience research theme. Some of...
WHY: This webinar aims at providing examples of promising practices of horizontal and vertical mobilisation on gender equality in research. It provides examples of successful mobilisation of men for gender equality and inspiration about possible interventions. Read more, here. FOR WHOM: It offers a learning opportunity to Gender Equality Plans teams Equality Officers Change agents and whoever is involved in...
THIS CONFERENCE OFFERS A PLATFORM FOR: Discussion relating to the current status of women, with a special focus on the following categories that constitute potential challenges to gender equality and women’s rights: the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the refugee crisis, rising levels of (and political legitimisation of) sexual violence and misogyny, cuts in child-care and services for disabled...
Description: This in person training aims at sensitising about key problems at stake regarding gender in research and innovation. It provides the opportunity to familiarise with the concept of a Gender Equality Plan and its main stages. Read more, here. The training is guided by one of the leading gender experts in Europe, Dr Maxime Forest. Dr Forest’s recent work...
Croatia’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the General Secretariat of the Council is organising the International Women’s Day Breakfast Event “Strong Women - Strong European Union”. 2020 marks an important year for gender equality and women’s rights,celebrating the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Therefore, the purpose of the...
The event is organised at the occation of International Women's Day and dedicated to 25th year anniversary of Beijing Declaration. EIGE's director Carlien Scheele will be addressing Beijing Declaration and assessing its main challenges. Even takes place at European Parliament on 4 - 5 of March 2020. In 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women adopted the Beijing Declaration and...
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), has a specific role under the EU Treaties to act as an advisory body to the EU institutions. Its members are drawn from a range of civil society organsiations representing economic, social, cultural and diverse interests e.g. employers' organsiations, trade unions, consumer groups, social NGOs. In advance of the renewal its mandate in...
Description: This in person training aims at introducing the different dimensions of the facilitation of change processes towards gender equality. It provides the opportunity to engage in practical, real life exercises to select and implement participatory and co-creation techniques to facilitate change processes. Read more, here. The training is guided by one of the leading gender experts in Europe, Dr...
Nell’ambito delle funzioni svolta dal Direttorato Generale su Giustizia e Consumatori, il network europeo di esperti legali in materia di uguaglianza di genere e non discriminazione informa la Commissione europea sugli sviluppi giuridici a livello nazionale in entrambi i campi della parità di genere e della non discriminazione. Esso comprende esperti nazionali di 35 paesi, coinvolgendo quindi anche paesi che...
