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...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Ms. Stanimira Hadjimitova in the month of May. With her smart haircut, tailored dark suit and crisp white shirt, Stanimira Hadjimitova is every inch the tough businesswoman. One of only a few women to graduate in a technical field from the University of Sofia, she could have stayed on the same path, climbing...
Current research by EIGE suggests that, despite improvements in policy, the work-life balance for men and women remains unequal in Europe. The research indicates that women remain the main carers of children and the elderly, in the majority of the Member States of the European Union. Thus women, more than men, face the difficulty of reconciling the role of the...
Erika Kvapilova, regional Programme Director for Central and South East Europe from United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women paid a visit to EIGE. Ms. Kvapilova met with the institute' s Director Virginija Langbakk and had a good opportunity to exchange plans and point of views on future cooperation. Among areas of interest the topic of...
Audrius Bitinas - Vice-minister of Social Security and Labour and Vanda Jurseniene - Deputy Head of European Union Division, Ministry of Social Security and Labour visited EIGE on 6th of April 2011. The main topics of discussion were the preparatory work for the upcoming Presidency of Lithuania, the selected area of the Beijing Platformfor Action (BPfA) to be reviewed by...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Izabela Jaruga-Nowackain the month of April. This month, in April 2011, will mark the first anniversary of Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka death. It will also be the anniversary of a national tragedy. On April, Poland suffered one of its worst political disasters after President Lech Kacynski and an exclusive government delegation were killed in a...
The Committee on Education, Science and Culture of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) paid a courtesy visit to the European Institute for Gender Equality to discuss its work with representatives of the institute lead by Director Virginija Langbakk. On the topics discussed was equlity between women and men, stereotypes and the situation for young people.
The Danish Ambassador to Lithuania Jørgen Molde took up his duties 1 January 2011 and on 16 th of March he paid his first visit to EIGE. Denmark is to take over the EU Presidency from January 2012 and issues related to the presidency were discussed EIGE’s director Virginija Langbakk. EIGE is to work close with the Danish Presidency on...
100-ųjų Tarptautinės moters dienos metinių proga Europos lyčių lygybės institutas (EIGE) parengė sąrašą, į kurį simboliškai įtraukė 100 atvejų, kurie parodė, kad iki visiškos lyčių lygybės dar reikia nemažai padirbėti. EIGE parengtas 100 lyčių nelygybės atvejų sąrašas – tik nedidelė nelygybės tarp vyrų ir moterų šiuolaikinėje visuomenėje dalis, ir, pasak instituto, sąrašas galėtų būti dar ilgesnis. Sąrašas parodo, kad nepaisant...
This year International Women's Day celebrates its 100th anniversary, a day of recognition and paying homage to the economic, political and social achievements of women. International Women's Day provides us all with the opportunity to cast our minds back to former struggles and accomplishments. It creates an arena where measuring the advancement of remaining challenges together with assessing them become...
8 March 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.EIGE’s list of 100 Inequalitiesillustrate that we are still a long way from achieving gender equality. EIGE’s list of 100 Inequalities – a mere indication of today's inequalities - demonstrates that despite the achievements of the past 100 years, gender inequality remains an issue. Women are in general not paid...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Ms.Seyran Atesin the month of March. Seyran Ates’ most impressive experience occurred when a young man approached her on the street as she stepped out of one of her favourite restaurants, a popular contemporary Turkish joint in Berlin, her hometown. She had just finished lunch with her brother, one of the rare occasions...