European Institute for Gender Equality presents its new report In the study ‘ Estimation of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the European Union ’, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) develops a methodology to estimate the number of girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the EU Member States. This methodology has been pilot-tested...
This report analyses current legal and policy frameworks in the EU Member States, existing approaches to national FGM risk estimations in the EU and their methodological background. It presents quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including that of various focus groups, and carries out a comparative analysis of the selected Member States. The research highlights that strategies preventing female genital mutilation...
This report presents the good practices collected under EIGE's study which aimed to identify and collect existing resources and information on training to prevent domestic violence, on campaigns to raise social and political awareness on domestic violence and on support services for victims of domestic violence. Read more: EIGE's approach to good practices Domestic violence Facts and figures on violence...
Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States This publication compares and presents the progress of Member States in the area of institutional mechanisms and gender mainstreaming since 2006 when the first report on institutional mechanisms was developed by the Finish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The main findings show that...
The publication presents national reports on female genital mutilation, covering EU-27 and Croatia. This is one of the products developed by Ghent University — ICRH and E.A.D.C. (Yellow Window Management Consultants) who were commissioned to carry out EIGE’s study ‘Study to map the current situation and trends of female genital mutilation in 27 EU Member States (MS) and Croatia’. Databases...
This report is a result of the Institute’s work of the past three years, which presents a synthetic measure of gender equality – the Gender Equality Index. It is the only index that gives a comprehensive map of gender gaps in the EU and across Member States based on the EU policy framework.