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  • Gender Equality Index

    The Gender Equality Index will be presented to the European Parliament on the 16th October 2013.

  • Happening now: Gender Equality Index: the way forward- online discussion

    In order to join online discussion, please register and log in using yoyur credentials. Once you are logged in follow link below to participate in the discussion: On 13 June 2013, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) launched the first ever comprehensive index for measuring gender equality across Europe specifically within the main areas of the EU policy framework...

  • Quality assurance of gender training: consultation meeting

    On 14-15 October 2013 EIGE is organising a consultation meeting on quality assurance of gender training. Developing the capacity of policy-makers to incorporate gender concerns into their everyday work is an essential prerequisite for the effective implementation of gender mainstreaming. Since January 2013, EIGE has been carrying out in-depth research on the necessary framework, effects and benefits of gender training...

  • Study visit - Serbia

    Study visit by the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit, within the Office of the Minister for European Integration of the Republic of Serbia Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit, within the Office of the Minister for European Integration of the Republic of Serbia visited EIGE in order to gain knowledge on EU approaches and practices in coordinating processes and...

  • International Day of the Girl Child

    On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls' rights and the unique challenges girls facearound the world.

  • FemCities Conference 2013 - European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life

    The European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life is a strong instrument for the enhancement of equality between the sexes. In combination with individual GAPs – Gender Equality Action Plans – signatories of the charter show how equality touches every single aspect of daily life of women and men. The conference offers best practice examples from...

  • 6th Meeting of EIGE’s Working Group on Beijing indicators

    EIGE will organise a sixth meeting of the Working Group on the Beijing indicators on 9 and 10 October 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Working Group on the Beijing indicators was established at EIGE in 2010 to facilitate the development of reliable, harmonised and comparable information required for the follow-up of the BPfA implementation. Its members consist of civil servants...

  • Launch of EIGE's Resource & Documentation Centre

    Making the right gender equality knowledge available at the right time to the right actors. We are pleased to announce that EIGE's Resource & Documentation Centre (RDC) will be launched on 1 October 2013. EIGE’s Resource and Documentation Centre (RDC) is a unique European source of gender equality knowledge. There is a multitude of gender equality actors at the EU...

  • Today: Women and Political Decision Making online discussion

    On both 30 September 30 and 1 October EIGE invites politicians, members of academia and representatives of Civil Society to join an online discussion on EIGE’s online platform EuroGender and share valuable insights and experience that will help to further promote gender equality in politics. Despite 50 years of gender equality policy at the EU level, the Gender Equality Index...