EIGE welcomes students from the Centre for Scandinavian Studies at Vilnius University. During the visit, EIGE introduces its role and activities, highlights the Gender Equality Index 2024 with a focus on Scandinavian countries, and outlines its work on gender-based violence, including the EU-GBV survey and the Nordic paradox.
EIGE’s Team Leader Research & Statistics, Jolanta Reinagrde, and EIGE’s Researcher and Policy Support, Vytautas Peciukonis, hold a keynote presentation “Insights from the second iteration of the Survey of Gender Gaps in Unpaid Care, Individual and Social Activities (CARE)”. The presentation provides an overview of data collection, key trends, and comparisons with the first wave of the survey. The event...
EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, delivers a keynote address at the Gender Flagship Capitalisation Conference – Best Practices & Lessons Learned. The conference is organised by SG REFORM and Expertise France, with the support of the Technical Support Instrument of the European Commission. The event highlights key achievements, shares lessons learned, and examines the practical impact of the Gender Flagship Project...
EIGE Communications Assistant and campaigns coordinator, Alexandrina Satnoianu, attends the Seminar on combating sexism in the workplace, organised under the EU Mutual Learning Programme on Gender Equality. The seminar provides the opportunity to present EIGE's most recent webpage and resource package, based on the largest EU-wide survey on violence against women, to help employers reinforce their commitment to a zero-tolerance...
EIGE's Gender-Based Violence Team Leader, Cristina Fabre, presents together with Eurojust the joint report on the implementation of Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order. The report provides recommendations on how to ensure better implementation of this cross-border measure to protect victims of crime, with a specific focus on victims of gender-based violence.
EIGE welcomes members of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality for strategic discussions on key challenges and the future of gender equality in the EU. The discussion includes the topics of violence against women, care, and pay transparency. EIGE looks forward to a fruitful exchange with MEP Dainius Zalimas, MEP Elisabeth Grossmann, and MEP Paulo do...
EIGE’s Gender-Based Violence Researcher, Monica Barbovschi, represents EIGE at the 4th meeting of the Committee of Experts on combating technology-facilitated violence against women and girls (GEC/PC-eVIO). The meeting discusses and agrees on the final draft of the Recommendation on accountability for such violence and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum.
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss cooperation in the context of the upcoming Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
EIGE's Brussels Liaison Officer, Sarah Cooke O’Dowd, attends Eurofound’s high-level event marking its 50-year anniversary. The event brings together key Brussels-based stakeholders to discuss how Europe can balance different priorities in a time of great uncertainty and change. Speakers include senior representatives from EU institutions, social partners and civil society, with discussions on prosperity, competitiveness and fairness in Europe’s future.
EIGE’s delegation, led by the Director, Carlien Scheele, visits the Office of the Lithuanian Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson. The meeting provides an opportunity to discuss the state of gender equality in Lithuania and to strengthen cooperation between the two institutions. Both sides exchange insights on ongoing work, challenges, and priorities in the field of equal opportunities, and explore possibilities for future...
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, delivers a pre-recorded video presenting the main results of the FRA EIGE survey and underlining the importance of women’s specialist services, particularly at a time when spaces for women’s CSOs are increasingly limited. This year’s conference, 'Feminist Solidarity and Collective Action: Reclaiming Our Power to End Violence Against Women', brings together WAVE members from 46 countries...