EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, delivers a keynote address at the Gender Flagship Capitalisation Conference – Best Practices & Lessons Learned. The conference is organised by SG REFORM and Expertise France, with the support of the Technical Support Instrument of the European Commission. The event highlights key achievements, shares lessons learned, and examines the practical impact of the Gender Flagship Project...
EIGE Communications Assistant and campaigns coordinator, Alexandrina Satnoianu, attends the Seminar on combating sexism in the workplace, organised under the EU Mutual Learning Programme on Gender Equality. The seminar provides the opportunity to present EIGE's most recent webpage and resource package, based on the largest EU-wide survey on violence against women, to help employers reinforce their commitment to a zero-tolerance...
EIGE's Gender-Based Violence Team Leader, Cristina Fabre, presents together with Eurojust the joint report on the implementation of Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order. The report provides recommendations on how to ensure better implementation of this cross-border measure to protect victims of crime, with a specific focus on victims of gender-based violence.
EIGE welcomes members of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality for strategic discussions on key challenges and the future of gender equality in the EU. The discussion includes the topics of violence against women, care, and pay transparency. EIGE looks forward to a fruitful exchange with MEP Dainius Zalimas, MEP Elisabeth Grossmann, and MEP Paulo do...
EIGE’s Gender-Based Violence Researcher, Monica Barbovschi, represents EIGE at the 4th meeting of the Committee of Experts on combating technology-facilitated violence against women and girls (GEC/PC-eVIO). The meeting discusses and agrees on the final draft of the Recommendation on accountability for such violence and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum.
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets with the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss cooperation in the context of the upcoming Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
EIGE's Brussels Liaison Officer, Sarah Cooke O’Dowd, attends Eurofound’s high-level event marking its 50-year anniversary. The event brings together key Brussels-based stakeholders to discuss how Europe can balance different priorities in a time of great uncertainty and change. Speakers include senior representatives from EU institutions, social partners and civil society, with discussions on prosperity, competitiveness and fairness in Europe’s future.
EIGE’s delegation, led by the Director, Carlien Scheele, visits the Office of the Lithuanian Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson. The meeting provides an opportunity to discuss the state of gender equality in Lithuania and to strengthen cooperation between the two institutions. Both sides exchange insights on ongoing work, challenges, and priorities in the field of equal opportunities, and explore possibilities for future...
EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, delivers a pre-recorded video presenting the main results of the FRA EIGE survey and underlining the importance of women’s specialist services, particularly at a time when spaces for women’s CSOs are increasingly limited. This year’s conference, 'Feminist Solidarity and Collective Action: Reclaiming Our Power to End Violence Against Women', brings together WAVE members from 46 countries...
EIGE’s Gender-Based Violence Researcher, Monica Barbovschi, presents the institute’s work on tackling cyber violence against women and measuring forms of online gender-based violence at the international conference: 'Women’s Communication Rights in the Digital Era: the Beijing Platform for Action 30 Years on.' Co-organised by NOVA University Lisbon, Lusófona University, and ECREA's Gender, Sexuality and Communication Section, the event explores both...
EIGE’s Stakeholder Team Leader, Zivile Macijauskiene, joins the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies Network Contact Points Meeting in Vienna. EIGE is an active member of the JHA Agencies Network, which FRA currently presides over. The meeting provides a key platform for collaboration and discussion among JHA agencies on important issues in the justice and home affairs sector.