EIGE launches this call for tender with a goal to conclude a contract with a professional service provider regarding the study ‘Estimation of the number of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the EU’. The study will contribute to more effective policies and services to prevent female genital mutilation and protect girls at risk. The study will contribute...
This paper looks at how gender equality and women’s empowerment are considered in the policies and actions supporting the integration of third-country nationals through education and training. Embedding a gender equality perspective in all policy sectors, including in the integration of third-country nationals, education and training, is a legal and political obligation for the EU institutions and Member States. Gender-sensitive...
EIGE launches this call for tender with a goal to conclude a framework contract with a professional company capable of providing services related to cleaning the premises and removing waste material from them at the EU house in Vilnius. The documents are available via https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=5844 Note: EIGE is using eTendering platform for managing this call for tender, which consists of...
Description of the contract The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a low-value contract for the provision of graphical design services as well as production services for its promotional items. Description of the requested services The design and production services are clustered as follows: Task 1 – develop all necessary visuals (infographics, illustrations, social media banners, social media...
This factsheet is based on a small-scale study that looks at existing efforts to consider gender equality and women’s empowerment in the design and implementation of policies and actions for the integration of third-country nationals through education and training. The research focuses on five Member States: Germany, Greece, France, Italy and Sweden. The data was collected in 2017-2018.
European research still shows a significant underrepresentation of women, particularly in the ‘hard sciences’ and in leadership positions. Highly skilled women in the EU are left out, which is a considerable loss of talent. Gender equality in research is therefore not only about fairness, but also necessary to fill gaps in the EU’s labour market.
The EU’s regional policy is an investment policy that targets all regions and cities in the European Union. The policy aims to tackle economic, social and territorial disparities between EU regions. Gender equality is addressed in the objectives of the European Structural and Investment funds. It relates to promoting economic development and pursuing women’s empowerment.
Gender differences and inequalities between women and men are a major feature of social exclusion and poverty. A range of interrelated factors explain this, namely: the gender pay and pension gap, care burden/work–life balance, social exclusion and violence against women. Women suffer more than men from certain types of poverty. Even more at risk are women living alone, migrant women...
Agriculture is one of the oldest and most widespread activities in the world. However, differences between women and men, be it in employment, pay or decisionmaking positions, still persist. Agriculture has a crucial role in food production, environmental protection, landscape preservation, rural employment and food security. Mainstreaming gender into this sector is therefore extremely important.
Over the past decades considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation. However, deep gender gaps persist as a result of discriminatory norms and attitudes, unequal distribution of care responsibilities and the failure of institutions to integrate gender into policymaking. The biggest gender gaps in the labour market relate to the rate of employment, part-time work...
