To support Member States in the implementation of EU policies to combat gender-based violence in all its forms, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) will develop recommendations to facilitate the gender-specific implementation of particular provisions of the Anti-Trafficking Directive, namely Articles 11 to 17. The consultation meeting will discuss how Member States can effectively implement the Directive 2011/36/EU (Anti-Trafficking...
On 26 - 27 September, EIGE met with gender equality stakeholders in Ljubljana to support the advancement of gender equality. EIGE presented its methods and tools that Slovenian colleagues could use to monitor & progress gender equality, such as the Gender Equality Index, Gender Statistics Database and Gender Mainstreaming Platform. The Agenda of the event and EIGE presentation are enclosed...
EIGE's Journalist Thematic Network (JTN) will come together for the 16th time, in a meeting focused on combating violence against women. During the one and a half days, the discussions will touch upon topics relevant to current times, such as human trafficking for sexual exploitation, cyber violence against women and girls and female genital mutilation. EIGE’s expert, Jurgita Peciuriene, will...
Invitation to press briefing At the beginning of the academic year, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) would like to introduce new data and findings on the gender challenges in education in Lithuania. They have a direct impact on girls and boys, but also the economy and the labour market. One of the main challenges across the EU, including Lithuania...
On 19 September 2017, EIGE is in Kaunas (Lithuania), at the largest, open & free ICT entrepreneurship event in the Baltics - SWITCH. Helena Morais Maceira, EIGE´s researcher on Gender Mainstreaming, will present findings from EIGE´s study on Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the EU. You can access the full study here. The presentation is accessible under the the...
The EU Interagency Editors' Workshop brings together 28 communications professionals from 21 EU agencies, with the aim of exchanging new ideas and approaches. During the one and a half days, participants go through topics of interest such as understanding audience needs, writing for social media and producing non-traditional content. All presentations are to be followed by a hands-on exercise, giving...
Reducing the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education areas could help reduce skills gap, increase employment and productivity of women and reduce occupational segregation. Ultimately this would foster economic growth via both higher productivity and increased labour market activity. 'The future of work is still uncertain, but one thing is clear - gender will play an...
On the 23 August 2017, EIGE hosts a presentation on a special comic book: "Birute Bebaime - the Fearless" . What is so special about it? It is dealing with a very sensitive topic: violence against women, in a unique way. Domestic violence is a problem women face all over the world. Therefore, three social activists (Violeta Masteikienė, Modesta Kairytė...
On 21 July, EIGE is in Italy at the "Strong women for a strong Europe - European road map agenda 2030" conference, organised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Dimitrios Tsoutsias, EIGE´s knowledge management officer, will present EIGE´s work on Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the EU. Among the participants are the vice minister of Italy, Teresa Bellanova, representatives from the government...
On 19 -20 July, Christian Veske, EIGE Stakeholder Relations Officer, will be moderating the Informal Meeting of Ministers of Employment, Social Affairs, Family and Gender Equality taking place in Talinn, Estonia. At the EPSCO meeting, participants will be discussing gender equality from a male perspective. The meetings will include various panels, discussions and workshops on e.g. "do men care?" or...
The UN Women Training Centre is proud to announce registration is now open for the training course Transformative Leadership for Gender Equality and Women's Rights, which will be held from 03-07 July 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland (register before 19 May 2017). The objective of this course is to strengthen capacity and knowledge of leaders and managers to advance gender equality...
The Center for Gender Studies at the University of Latvia is pleased to open a call for participation in the interdisciplinary workshop for interested scholars and postgraduate (M,, PhD) students Digital Diaspora: Gender, Identity, Belonging which will be held on June 20-21, 2017, at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia (Visvalža 4a, Riga). The rise of digital...
