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  • EU Conference on Gender Equality in Sport

    The European Commission is organising its first EU Conference on Gender Equality in Sport on 3 and 4 December 2013 in Vilnius. The conference will be a key event in the development of a new EU dimension in sport and aims to discuss coherent measures and realistic objectives on advancing gender equality between women and men in sport. The results...

  • White Ribbon Campaign

    25 November marks the International Day on Eliminating the Violence Against Women. To mark the occasion and to draw attention to the importance of involving men in the cause EIGE joined the worldwide White Ribbon Campaign. This on-line discussion focuses on the White Ribbon Campaign and possible ways men can and should speak out against violence against women. To join...

  • Promoting Gender Equality Abroad: An Assessment of EU Action in the External Dimension

    While first activities of the European Union (EU) to address the disadvantaged situation of women beyond EU borders can be traced back to the 1980s, ever since the early 1990s it has invested considerable efforts into developing a policy of gender equality promotion abroad. Today this policy is based on a whole range of policy documents, is implemented through three...

  • Open career seminar: gender equality and equal treatment in organisations

    Are you interested in gender equality in organisations? Do you need tools and inspiration to work with these issues? Come and discuss solutions for practical implementation of gender issues in organisations, as well as listen to presentation of the latest research in the field. The first of three NaisUrat theme seminars is on gender equality and equal treatment in organisations...

  • Conference: Eliminating Violence against Women in Europe: Intersectoral Approaches and Actions

    Committed to combating gender-based violence against women, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the City of Vienna have joined forces to organise an international conference on ‘Eliminating violence against women in Europe’ with a focus on ‘Intersectoral approaches and actions’. Scope Violence against women is present in all...

  • Eliminating Violence against Women in Europe Intersectoral Approaches and Actions

    Committed to combating gender-based violence against women, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the City of Vienna have joined forces to organise the first international conference on ‘Eliminating violence against women in Europe’ with a focus on ‘Intersectoral approaches and actions’. Scope Violence against women is present in...

  • Barcelona targets revisited - online discussion

    To participate in this online discussion, click here. Please note that in order to participate, you must be logged in. If you do not have user name and password, click Register in the top right corner of the screen. Enjoy the discussion! ------------------------------ In March 2002, the European Council decided to set targets for the availability of childcare facilities: “Member...

  • Working seminar on gender equality and the audiovisial sector in EU

    The Working Group on Gender Equality of the EU Audiovisual Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee is organising a working seminar on addressing issues on gender equality within the audiovisual sector in the EU. The discussions will be focused on presenting and analysing the implementation of the Framework of Actions on Gender Equality, adopted by the EU AV SDC in October 2011...

  • Sibéal Intersecting Gender Conference

    The Sibéal Feminist & Gender Studies Network for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers will hold their annual conference in Queen’s University Belfast on 22 nd and 23 rd November. The conference invites engagement with the intersections of gender as they can be detected in a range of locations, spaces and manners. The conference seeks to stimulate a wide and inter-disciplinary...

  • 2013 Gender Academy

    For the last twelve years, the International Training Centre of the ILO has been offering successful high level training activities aimed at increasing awareness of gender equality principles and at providing practical tools for their implementation. It has thus become a unique hub offering opportunities of gaining knowledge and sharing best practices in the field of gender mainstreaming. The first...

  • Journalist Thematic Network meeting, Vilnius

    The Jourlalists Thematic Network will take place in Vilnius on 21-22 November 2013. Agenda of the meeting (.pdf) Council Conclusions on The Effectiveness of Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality (.pdf)

  • How can we make gender mainstreaming work?

    Peer-to-peer exchange seminar We encourage the professionals who design, implement and monitor gender mainstreaming actions in the national and regional administrations and institutions across the EU-28 to participate in the seminar. With this seminar we aim to bring together around 50 representatives of national and regional institutions working on gender mainstreaming to learn from the peers, to discuss the good...