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  • 6th European Women Rectors Conference: Responding to Evolving Challenges: Best Practices for Women Leadership in Academia

    The European Women Rectors Association is happy to announce the " 6th European Women Rectors Conference” which will take place a t Malmö University on 13-14 May, 2019. The special focus of the conference will be on “ Responding to Evolving Challenges: Best Practices for Women Leadership in Academia”. EWORA cordially invites women in leadership positions at universities and research...

  • Experts’ consultation meeting Beyond Beijing +25: Recommendations for Action, 7 May 2019, Vilnius

    The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) supports the Presidencies of the Council of the EU in preparing reports to monitor the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) in the EU . For the forthcoming Finnish Presidency (2nd semester, 2019), EIGE will develop a report to review the implementation of the BPfA in the EU since its adoption 25 years ago...

  • Informal meeting of ministers for Employment and Social Policies (EPSCO)

    In the context of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the informal meeting of ministers for Employment and Social Policies will be held in Bucharest on April 10-11, 2019 The event will begin in the morning of April 10th 2019, when the Employment and Social Policy Ministers of the Member States will meet at the Palace...

  • ESF+, a PLUS for our Future!

    Within the negotiations on the regulatory framework for Cohesion Policy after 2020, the Conference "ESF+, a PLUS for our Future!" will be held in Bucharest on April 11th, 2019 EIGE will be presenting findings from the gender assessment of ESIF 2014-2020 programmes in 11 member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden. The assessment analysed...

  • Experts’ Meeting to validate the practical step-by-step module on gender budgeting in the ESIF

    The project focuses on effective integration of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in the European Structural Investment (ESI) Funds, with the aim of closing of the gaps between commitments to gender equality and the policies and programmes funded by EU and national budgets. The one-day meeting will provide an occasion to: Obtain feedback on the proposed step-by-step module for gender...

  • EIGE at the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

    From 11 to 22 March 2019, the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) takes place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. On 14 March, EIGE will present its work on mainstreaming gender into the budgetary cycle during the side event "Gender Budgeting: Smart Spending for Social Protection, Public Services and Sustainable Infrastructures", organised...

  • Born to be LEADERS

    Gender equality is a cross-cutting priority of the R omanian Presidency of the Council of the EU which covers diverse domains, from employment aspects, health, fundamental rights, to digitalization and commerce. In order to discuss concrete ways in which the EU can contribute to the advancement of gender equality and how to better support women's careers, the Permanent Representation of...

  • Webinar on the Promotion of Gender Equality at EURAXESS and EQUAL-IST

    2nd Webinar on Establishing Synergies between the EQUAL-IST Project and the EURAXESS Initiative and Network Promotion of Gender Equality at EURAXESS and EQUAL-IST Date and time: 28 February 2019 - 11:00 CET (Duration: 1:40’) Venue:Online: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/711714093 Registration fee - Free - book your place here! Contact us: info@equal-ist.eu Abstract: European Research Area (ERA) objectives on gender equality have stressed the...

  • Kick-off meeting “Thematic network on gender mainstreaming”

    The objective of the network is to support the integration of gender mainstreaming into policymaking processes by better connecting EIGE’s work with trends, priorities and political agendas on gender equality in the Member States. Participation in the network and cooperation with EIGE will give the experts a possibility to benefit from and contribute to gender mainstreaming competence development in the...

  • 8th Working Group on the Gender Equality Index

    The Gender Equality Index is EIGE’s unique tool first published in 2013 and updated every second year until 2017. It provides both a composite indicator of gender equality attainment at EU level and more detailed analysis of the situation of each Member State in the respective composite domains. As of 2019 the core Gender Equality Index will be updated annually...

  • Female genital mutilation: estimating girls at risk in the EU – focus on Malta

    Today, the European Institute for Gender Equality lunches results of the study on estimating the numbers of girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Greece, Belgium, France, Italy, Malta and Cyprus - focus on Malta. The event takes place ahead of the International Day for Zero Tolerance for FGM, on 4 February 2019, in Valetta, and it is...

  • Annual EIGE – Civil Society consultation meeting

    Building on our success over the last few years, the annual EIGE – Civil Society consultation meeting will bring together representatives of different civil society organisations in the EU. Representatives of the European Women’s Lobby, Social Platform, Men Engage Europe Network and European Economic and Social Committee are invited to join the event. In order to share as much information...