EIGE attends a targeted workshop session organized by the Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) of the European Commission, about “Care breaks in occupational pension schemes”. The discussion rises interesting challenges, linked to the insufficient consideration of care-related career breaks and the potential risks to acquiring occupational pension rights by caregivers.
Director Scheele conducts a country visit to Poland on 20 and 21 May. Together with her delegation, EIGE Director meets with Minister of Equality, Katarzyna Kotula, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Aleksandra Gajewska Bak and Undersecretary of State of Justice, Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz . The EIGE delegation reaches also NGOs in Poland, the Women's Rights Parliamentary group of the...
Director Carlien Scheele joins the webinar on "Women in Elections" organized by the European Partnership for Democracy (EDP) to discuss the current situation of women in European politics and the measures needed to improve women's representation both in the voting booth and in office. The webinar is a part of the "Supporting Engagement in European Elections and Democratic Societies'' (SEEEDS)...
Dennis van der Veur, the Head of Unit for Outreach & Engagement, attends the Women7 Summit (W7) in Rome to give a keynote speech on the cost of gender-based violence and the power of data. He also participates in a panel discussion on the same topic, and meets with EIGE’s Management Board members and Irene Fellin, the NATO Secretary General's...
EIGE participates in the second meeting of national coordinating bodies established by Article 10, Istanbul Convention for a working-level discussion, in Liechtenstein. The meeting aims at addressing strategies for combating violence against women. EIGE contributes to the discussion by presenting its perspective on data collection concerning violence against women, enriching the discussions, and fostering greater collaboration among participating bodies. The...
EIGE’s Team Leader of GBV (Gender Based Violence team) joins the Symposium on Victims’ Rights, held by Eurojust, in the Hague. The symposium is centred on safeguarding victims within cross-border judicial context. EIGE presents preliminary results from its collaborative project with Eurojust, focusing on the implementation of the European Protection Order. EIGE’s contribution aims to inform and stimulate discussions among...
EU agency for gender equality's Team Leader of Gender of Research & Statistics, Jolanta Reingardė, joins the workshop held by the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Brussels. The workshop represents a collaborative effort to discuss the main insights of the OECD study 'Taking stock of gender equality in...
EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, and EIGE's Head of Outreach & Engagement Unit, Dennis van der Veur, meet with FRA's Director, Sirpa Rautio, in Vienna.
EU agency for gender equality's Director, Carlien Scheele, joins the High-Level Conference on a future oriented European Pillar of Social Rights, in Brussels. Director Scheele gives a keynote speech in the context of the workshop on access to the labour market from a gender equal and intersectional approach.
EIGE’s Expert Gender Statistics, Ligia Nobrega, attends the Conference of Smart Metadata for Official Statistics 2024 in Paris. EIGE highlights the importance of metadata in gender statistics and emphasizes its role in providing essential information for understanding, interpreting, and evaluating data quality. EIGE’s contribution to the discussion underlines the necessity for structured metadata which accompanies each dataset to ensure a...
EU agency for gender equality's Gender Mainstreaming team leader, Helena Morais Maceira, joins the Workshop on Gender responsive Public Procurement (GRPP), in Paris. The workshop is part of the flagship project "Gender mainstreaming in public policy and budget processes", held by DG REFORM in collaboration with Expertise France (EF). The Agency runs a session on the state of GRPP in...