Call for youth participation at the EIGE Gender Equality Forum 2024: Make your voice heard! The countdown is on for the second edition of the Gender Equality Forum! Join us online or on-site in Brussels on 10-11 December 2024 to engage in discussions on the future of gender equality in the EU until 2030. We want your voices and ideas to be heard, contributing to a call to action for equality 24/7. To ensure a...
EIGE Director Carlien Scheele calls for greater gender equality in access to the labour market In a High-Level Conference on a future oriented European Pillar of Social Rights on 15 April 2024 in Brussels, Director Carlien Scheele gave a key note address on access to the labour market from a gender equal and intersectional approach. Publication date 15 Apr 2024
Gender Equality Index 2023: Towards a green transition in transport and energy The Gender Equality Index 2023 presents the EU in relation to gender equality amid crises and uncertainties. In recent years, the world has been hit by repeated shocks and multiple crises. What remains constant is the fact that when crisis strikes, women and girls suffer disproportionally. The crises and shocks continuously threaten to create new challenges and reverse years of... Topics Culture Digital agenda Economic and financial affairs Education Employment Energy Entrepreneurship Environment and climate change Health Justice Migration Poverty Regional policy Transport Youth Violence Publication date 24 Oct 2023 Available in: EN
Gender-sensitive communication This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity. Section Publications
What does it take to achieve gender equality? – Resources and structures key for women's empowerment With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality? Publication date 27 Feb 2023
GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP. Topics Economic and financial affairs Publication date 18 Oct 2022
Two years on: women fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine need more support How can essential healthcare services be strengthened for victims of conflict-related sexual violence? Topics Health Migration Youth Violence Publication date 20 Feb 2024
EIGE stresses the need for gender dimension in DSA transparency reporting EIGE, in its contribution to a public consultation on the design of transparency reports under the Digital Services Act (DSA), has highlighted the need to include gender-based measurement instruments. Topics Digital agenda Violence Publication date 01 Feb 2024
Apply to become our Seconded National Expert: Gender-based Violence! The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 1 invites applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The registration of applications will begin on 5 April 2024 and will close on 13 May 2024 at 13:30 Eastern European Time (EET). The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE... Type Seconded national experts Ref. number EIGE/2024/SNE/GBV Published date 03 Apr 2024 Closing date 13 May 2024, 13:30 Europe/Vilnius
A multi-pronged national campaign on the father’s role Full-time Dad – I Like It! (Etat Tata. Lubię to!) Country Poland Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Using the media to encourage women to work NISTA Country Malta Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Equality mark promotes equal opportunity employers Equality Mark Country Malta Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Productivity and wellbeing through family audit Family audit certification in Trento Country Italy Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Contest for family-friendly firms The most family and employee friendly company competition (Pere- ja Töötajasõbralike firmade konkurss) Country Estonia Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Hands-on fathers make better employees A Hug from Daddy (Fars Kram) Country Denmark Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Round-the-clock childcare suits flexible workers 24-hour childcare Country Denmark Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Family-friendliness as part of a diversity culture at Bosch MORE – Mind-set ORganisation Executives Country Germany Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Trade unions play their role in the family alliance Managing the Reconciliation of Work and Family (Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie Gestalten!) Country Germany Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Encouraging SMEs to give fathers time off for their kids abz*austria paternal leave company workshops Country Austria Topics Employment Section Reconciliation
Factsheet - Positive flexibility in the workplace Factsheet from the study on good practices on reconciliation of work, family and private life in EU member states Read more: Gender Mainstreaming Facts and figures on gender equality and economy Topics Employment Publication date 12 Jan 2015 Available in: EN