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  • PACE: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination

    EU agency for gender equality's Director, Carlien Scheele, participates in the PACE Meeting, held by the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, in Paris. On the occasion, Director Scheele introduces the toolkit designed for gender-sensitive parliaments and presents the agency overall activities. The meeting represents an opportunity to engage in dialogue and exchange views with the members of the Committee. Indeed...

  • EIGE at CSW68

    EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, and the Research and Policy Support Head of Unit, Maruša Gortnar, join the EU delegation to attend the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA. The EU Agency participates in several meetings and events, taking the floor on several occasions and on several topics: on Financial Empowerment...

  • Break the Data Bias

    EIGE’s Team Leader of Research and Statistics Team, Jolanta Reingarde, joins the Break the Data Bias event, held by the General Secretariat of the EU Council, to present the Gender Data Gap.

  • Gender Sensitive Parliaments: Inclusive Institutions

    EIGE, in collaboration with the UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, co-hosts a side-event to the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region. The event intends to explore the potential of gender sensitive parliaments, to build and enforce effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions for all. The side-event brings together key stakeholders from regional institutions, governments, civil...

  • IWD Nordic Breakfast Discussion: Changing the game – Women in football

    EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, participates at the International Women’s Day Nordic Breakfast Discussion, held by the Nordic diplomatic representations and the Finnish Cultural institute for the Benelux. The discussion addresses gender equality in sports, and the presence of women in football.

  • WHO/Europe roundtable discussion on digital health technologies and gender equality

    On the occasion of the IWD, EIGE’s GBV Second National Expert, Janine Mc Ginn, joins the roundtable discussion on the role of digital health technologies in women’s health, empowerment and gender equality, held by WHO. The EU Agency SNE highlights the adverse impact of digital technologies on women’s health, with a specific focus on the four forms of Cyberviolence criminalized...

  • Women in the workplace. Why is it everyone's interest?

    Communications and Media Officer, Georgie Bradley, participates in an online inter-agency event with EMCDDA, EMSA, EFCA, EIGE on the occasion of International Women's Day speaking on women's empowerement in the workplace - why it's everybody's interest.

  • Meeting with DG CLIMA

    EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the DG CLIMA’s Acting Deputy Director, Yvon Slingenberg, in Brussels. In the meeting, they discuss EIGE’s work in the context of Climate Action and Gender Equality and the employment of Gender Mainstreaming as a strategy to advance gender-equal green transition for current and future generations.

  • Women in Border Management Roundtable

    EIGE’s Outreach and Engagement Head of Unit, Dennis van der Veur, joins the Women in Border Management Roundtable, held by Frontex. The discussion aims to promote the representation of female leaders in border management as well as to raise awareness of gender-related considerations at the border. EIGE underlines the importance of sex-disaggregated data and the different impact that crossing borders...

  • Women in Sport : Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting

    To celebrate the International Woman’s Day 2024, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, joins the Interparliamentary Committee Meeting held by the Committee on Women-s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament in Brussels. EIGE’s Director addresses the topic of “Women in Sport”. She emphasizes on the different ways in which women can contribute to combating inequalities and empowering future generations, in...

  • Meeting with FEMM Chair

    EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the FEMM Committee’s Chair, Robert Biedron, in Brussels to discuss their collaboration after the European Elections.

  • Meeting with DG Budget

    EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the DG Budget’s General Director, Stephanie Riso, in Brussels. The meeting debates EIGE’s closer cooperation with DG Budget and other EU institutions approaching gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming.