• Gender Equality Index 2015: Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005–2012 - Main findings

    This publication summarises the main results of the Gender Equality Index 2015, which provides scores for 2005, 2010 and 2012, for the first time allowing for an assessment of the progress made in the pursuit of gender equality in the EU and individual Member States over time. Access the Gender Equality Index

  • International Women’s Day in the year of the Olympics: Men are still making all the rules

    Latest data shows that men take most of the decisions in sports organisations that affect both women and men athletes. To mark International Women’s Day, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee are highlighting the hurdles women face in sport with a conference on 7 March in Vilnius. “The trend we are seeing in...

  • Conference "Gender Equality and Sport: towards a level playing field for women" - Vilnius, 7 March 2016

    In the run up to Rio 2016 Olympics and the Paralympics, EIGE’s International Women’s Day celebration focuses on gender equality in sport. EIGE’s research shows that while both women and men practice sport, the sports arena is far from equal and most of the decisions are made by men. The figures speak for themselves. In national sports federations across the...

  • Gender equality in sport

    This fact sheet presents some of the key barriers preventing gender equality in decision-making in sports organisations, as well as obstacles to equal participation in sports and coaching, often due to gender stereotypes. Initiatives at the EU and national level to increase equality in sports are highlighted, along with EIGE’s new tools, the online Gender Mainstreaming Platform and Gender Statistics...

  • Effective gender equality training: analysing the preconditions and success factors - Main findings

    This publication summarises the findings of the in-depth study of gender-equality training performed in the framework of EIGE’s 2-year project, Gender Training in the European Union: Mapping, Research and Stakeholders’ Engagement. The in-depth study looks at the preconditions and factors contributing to effective training delivery. Effective gender equality training: Synthesis report Database of resources on gender equality training

  • Fact sheet: Gender equality and Institutional Mechanisms

    EU Indicators for the Beijing Platform for Action area H. Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women

  • EIGE launches Gender Equality Index 2015: Marginal improvements in gender equality

    Since 2005 the EU is still only half way towards gender equality, as shown by the Gender Equality Index 2015 of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Two years on from the launch in 2013, EIGE has built a time series of the Index covering 2005, 2010 and 2012. The total score of the Index for the EU rose...

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  • First Gender Equality Index Reveals - the EU is only halfway towards gender equality

    How can we move forward when half of us are being held back? The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is launching the first Gender Equality Index for the European Union. ‘ The Gender Equality Index shows differences in outcomes between women and men at the individual level in EU Member States,’ says Virginija Langbakk, the Director of EIGE. ‘This...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...