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  • 3rd Meeting of the Working Group on the Beijing Indicators

    EIGE's Working Group on the Beijing Indicators convened yesterday (15 September) in Vilnius to discuss the progress on current work for the Polish EU Presidency including the upcoming studies being conducted in the context of the Danish and Cypriot 2012 EU presidencies.

  • Meet Ms. Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo

    The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo in the month of September. When Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo died in 2004, it was nothing less than an era coming to an end in Portugal. Hers was the century of women being excluded from positions of power – and she went out and conquered them for generations to...

  • Meet Ms. Cristina Gallach

    The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Ms. Cristina Gallach in the month of August. Having spent more than two decades at the forefront of foreign policy – first as a journalist, then as the spokesperson for Javier Solana at NATO and the EU as well as the Spanish EU Presidency –Cristina Gallach is a household name in international relations...

  • Meet Ms. Chrissie Wellington

    The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Ms. Chrissie Wellington in the month of July. Chrissie has won the Ironman contest – the hardest triathlon in the world – not once, not twice, but three times in a row, making her the third woman ever to achieve a triple Ironman Championship. She holds both the course record for the Ironman...

  • EIGE and ECWT start dialogue

    Virginja Langbakk, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and Eva Fabry, Director of the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT) met on 29 June 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Theydiscussed areas of collaboration between the two organizations, in particular, in the collection of data in the area of women and technology and in the upcoming research of...

  • Meet Ms. Michaela Miroiu

    The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Ms. Michaela Miroiu in the month of June. In 1989, when her country opened up, Michaela Miroiu was 34. “Already!”, she exclaims today and you can hear a pinch of regret in her voice. A passionate scientist and argumentative mind, Miroiu had to take the toll of being trapped under the Soviet rule...

  • Strong focus on EIGE's work with Gender Equality

    It was with great pleasure that the Institute received a visit from the Director of DG Justice, Directorate D (European Commission) - Mr. Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, in Vilnius on the occasion of the Management Board meeting. left to right: Ms. Daniela Bankier, Head of Gender Equality Unit (European Commission), Mr. Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director of DG Justice, Directorate D (European Commission) and...

  • Journalists meet to discuss reconciliation

    Reconciliation is a topic that from time to time is picked up by the media. At the Journalists' Consultations Meeting (JCM) in Marseille, an introduction on promoting a balance between working, personal and family life for both women and men in the EU and a presentation of EIGE’s working areas was on the agenda. Barbara Wurster, EIGE Head of Operations...

  • European Parliament Committee for Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) visit to EIGE

    The European Institute for Gender Equality in Vilnius and the committee for Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) meet to discuss their cooperation during a first visit to the Institute. Other important points of discussion were the Europe 2020 strategy, reconciliation and violence against women. Over the course of two days the FEMM committee’s visit to EIGE featured discussions on...

  • Developing the EU Gender Equality Index

    Experts from across Europe have visited EIGE for the first International Organisations' Experts' Meeting on the new EU Gender Equality Index. Christopher Garroway (OECD), Andres Vikat (UNECE) and Ligia Nobrega (EIGE) The European Commission has started a concrete process toward the construction of a European Union Gender Equality Index. EIGE is leading the process by carrying out research on the...

  • Meet Ms. Stanimira Hadjimitova

    The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Ms. Stanimira Hadjimitova in the month of May. With her smart haircut, tailored dark suit and crisp white shirt, Stanimira Hadjimitova is every inch the tough businesswoman. One of only a few women to graduate in a technical field from the University of Sofia, she could have stayed on the same path, climbing...

  • Work-life balance for men and women remains unequal

    Current research by EIGE suggests that, despite improvements in policy, the work-life balance for men and women remains unequal in Europe. The research indicates that women remain the main carers of children and the elderly, in the majority of the Member States of the European Union. Thus women, more than men, face the difficulty of reconciling the role of the...