Jolanta Reingarde has been a senior researcher/analyst at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) since 2010. There she leads a research & statistics team working on the Gender Equality Index, CARE survey and annual progress reports on gender equality in selected policy areas in the EU. She studied Sociology at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Lithuania), followed by a Ph.D on violence against women. Jolanta has wide experience researching gender equality policies in the EU and globally, measurements of gender equality, gender equality and economy, unpaid care, work-life balance.