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  • EIGE meets with the President of the European Council

    On 5 March EIGE's Director Virginija Langbakk met Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council. Virginija Langbakk and Herman Van Rompuy - (C) European Union The President and the Director exchanged views on gender equality issues and the efforts of EIGE in supporting EU and Member State policies. The President was particularly interested in the Gender Equality Index and...

  • International Women’s Day: Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation

    Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding and Commissioner Cecilia Malmström have today joined human rights campaigners to call for zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM). The Commission organised a high-level roundtable event to discuss how the European Union can help Member States to eradicate the practice – thought to have affected several...

  • The Committee on the Labour Market of the Swedish Parliament visits EIGE

    A delegation of 13 members of the Committee of the Labour Market of the Swedish Parliament headed by Ms. Ylva Johansson (former Minister) visited EIGE. The Institute presented its work to the Committee and had a discussion on the current challenges on gender equality. EIGE's Director Virginija Langbakk (left) with Ylva Johansson, Head of delegation of the Committee on the...

  • New EU-wide report on female genital mutilation

    International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 6 February 2013 The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding will launch and present a new EU-wide study on female genital mutilation (FGM) on 6 March in Brussels. The study will provide an overview of the situation concerning female genital mutilation in the...

  • Promoting gender equality in the area of women and the media

    Across Europe, women are more likely not to be equally represented in media top management and editorial board. Even women have managerial and decision making roles, still this doesn’t guarantee gender equality balanced news. Women are also more likely not to be used as experts in media. These are just a few findings discussed during EIGEs consultation meeting “ From...

  • New study on gender-based violence

    Mapping the current status and potential of administrative sources of data on gender-based violence in the EU and Croatia” EIGE has recently launched a study on “Mapping the current status and potential of administrative sources of data on gender-based violence in the EU and Croatia”. The final results of the study will be available in August 2013. Why do we...

  • EIGE will launch a Gender Equality Index for Europe in June 2013

    Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union and is recognised as vital to economic growth, prosperity and competitiveness. The effectiveness of the policies developed to achieve this needs to be evaluated. The development and dissemination of EU-wide, comparable and reliable gender statistics and indicators have greatly contributed to this better monitoring and assessment of...

  • Shattering myths and glass ceilings: launch of database of 'Global Board Ready Women'

    Today the European Business Schools Women on Boards Initiative is migrating their 'Global Board Ready Women' list of 8000 women into an online database. The women on this list all fulfil stringent criteria for Corporate Governance as defined by publicly listed companies and are well qualified and ready to go on boards as of today. This ever growing list of...

  • The Council adopts conclusions on violence against women based on EIGE’s report

    On 6 December 2012 the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) adopted Conclusions on “ Combating violence against women, and the provision of support services for victims of domestic violence” (.pdf) , prepared by the Cyprus Presidency on the basis of EIGE's report “ Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU...

  • Statement by Vice-President Reding ahead of the International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women

    “Across Europe, around 1 in 5 women have suffered physical violence at least once in their lives and 1 in 10 have suffered forced sexual violence. Violence against women is the most brutal manifestation of gender inequality and is a violation of human rights that Europe must not and cannot ignore”, say Vice-President Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner. Access the...

  • Women victims of violence receive insufficient support in the EU

    Download the press release in .pdf format: es, de, el , en, fr, it, lt, pl New report: In connection to The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign (25 November-10 December –Human Rights Day) R esearch recently conducted by the European Institute for Gender Equality...

  • Women on Boards: Commission proposes 40% objective

    The European Commission has taken action to break the glass ceiling that continues to bar female talent from top positions in Europe’s biggest companies. The Commission has proposed legislation with the aim of attaining a 40% objective of the under-represented sex in non-executive board-member positions in publicly listed companies, with the exception of small and medium enterprises. Currently, boards are...