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- The Gender Equality Forum: Putting the YOU into youth action for gender equality
  
  Imagine a world where gender equality is no longer an ideal but a reality. What would that look like for you and future generations? Equal pay, balanced leadership, freedom from violence, and opportunities that don’t depend on your gender? For young people across Europe, these aren’t just hopes, they’re demands. At the Gender Equality Forum 2024, you’ll have the chance...
  
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  Publication date
  
  05 Dec 2024
- Every woman deserves to be safe. But one in three women still experience violence in the EU.
  
  Every woman deserves to BE safe everywhere
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- Gender Equality Index 2024: Sustaining Momentum on a Fragile Path
  
  Ursula von der Leyen made a ‘union of equality’, based on the principle of equality for all and equality in all its senses, a cornerstone of her mandate. Binding measures since 2019 have made significant strides in supporting the fundamental principle of equal pay for equal work, gender-balanced company boards, work–life balance, binding standards for equality bodies and combating violence...
  
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  Publication date
  
  10 Dec 2024
- Words Matter: Our new guide on gender-inclusive language and communication
  
  Language and communication play a pivotal role in shaping our attitudes and behaviours and norms in society. They hold significant potential for not only supporting but also promoting gender equality. This guide is designed to offer a broad and practical approach to using language and communication effectively to support gender equality. The aim is to strengthen the focus on both...
  
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- Good practices on gender mainstreaming in the European Green Deal: Towards a more gender-equal and greener Europe
  
  Climate change is one of the greatest environmental and development challenges facing the world today, and it has critical impacts on human rights and inequalities, including gender equality. To overcome these challenges, in 2019 the EU launched the European Green Deal (EGD) strategy, which sets out targets of no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 and economic growth decoupled...
  
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  Environment and climate change
  
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  Publication date
  
  18 Oct 2024
- Gender-responsive evaluation for a sustainable future for all
  
  The GREENA step-by-step toolkit provides practical know-how to assess gender impacts and the implementation of gender-responsive evaluation of EU policies and programmes. The toolkit has been contextualised to support the evaluation of the European Green Deal policies with a gender perspective, given its relevance as a current EU priority and the urgency to ensure a gender-responsive green transition.
  
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- How you can help build a safer Europe for young women: Addressing violence against women at the Gender Equality Forum
  
  Every woman deserves to be and feel safe in the European Union. Yet young women are at higher risk of gender-based violence, according to new research from Eurostat, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and EIGE.
  
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  Digital agenda
  
  Youth
  
  Violence
  
  Publication date
  
  29 Nov 2024
- Tackling cyber violence against women and girls: The role of digital platforms
  
  Digital platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram, X and Reddit are forums for public and private expression and social interaction, and they provide many other useful services. However, the online space is not always welcoming to everyone. In an environment of pseudo-anonymity and limited accountability, pervasive exclusionary and harmful narratives are often unleashed. Spreading virally, these practices are categorised as cyber...
  
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  Digital agenda
  
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  Youth
  
  Violence
  
  Publication date
  
  09 Dec 2024
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