The Tenth Biennial Conference of the European Evaluation Society wil be held in Helsinki, Finland during 3-5 October 2012 (pre-conference workshops 1- 2 October). Event website
The European Institute for Gender Equality displays a fully fletched information stand in the margin of the conference ‘GENDER EQUALITY – WHAT DO THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION DO?’ at the European Parliament in Brussels on 3 October 2012. We picked one of the most powerful tools of our Institute to be presented there: the soon to be launched...
The European Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming (Gender-CoP) and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), Germany, would like to invite you to the Expert Conference “ Gender Budgeting in the ESF – Opportunities, Examples and Limits” in Berlin on September 27, 2012. Equality between women and men has gained in importance in the Structural Funds, and...
The consultation meeting on good practices in preventing domestic violence is organised in the frame of EIGE’s study “Collection of methods, tools and good practices in the field of domestic violence (as described by area D of Beijing Platform for Action) in the EU 27 Member States and Croatia”. One of the study’s aims is to assess and collect practices...
In the framework of EIGE’s two-year project on gender training in the EU an online discussion on gender training was held on 25-26 September 2012 followed up by the European Conference on 13-14 November 2012 in Vilnius, Lithuania. During the two-day online discussion training practitioners, experts and policy makers have exchanged views and information about the provision of gender training...
On 20 and 21 September EIGE is bringing together experts from the EU Member States in Vilnius to participate in the 4 th meeting of the Thematic Network on Gender Mainstreaming. The Thematic Network of Gender Mainstreaming was established in 2010 to enhance capacity of the Institute in developing its Gender Mainstreaming (GM) agenda and support positive developments in the...
The conference " Eradicating domestic violence", will be held on Friday, 21 September 2012, from 9:30 to 13:00, at the EESC premises (rue Belliard 99 - 1040 Brussels, meeting room: JDE 62). The EESC already issued an opinion on Domestic violence against women in 2006, highlighting civil society's concern about this matter. As this problem persists, also the recommendations set...
Join the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and experts from EU agencies for a webinar and online discussion on the steps that are being taken to eradicate trafficking in human beings. Hundreds of thousands of victims are trafficked across the EU every year. Trafficking in human beings – which can be classified as a modern form of slavery – is a serious...
Towards good practices in prevention, protection, prosecution, provision of services, partnerships towards experience exchange in the frame of EIGE's study to map the current situation and trends of FGM in the EU 27 Member States and Croatia The expert meeting is organised in the frame of EIGE’s study to map the current situation and trends of FGM in the 27...
The seminar "Women Supporting Women – Encouraging Women’s Political Participation" is organised by The Coalition of Finnish Women´s Associations (NYTKIS) and the Embassy of Finland in Vilnius on 13 September 2012 Agenda (.pdf, 30,3KB)
In the past few years there have been numerous prominent examples of women working as agents of change; such as the Arab Spring where women have used their influence to help bring about democratic change, at great risks to themselves and their families. The objectives of this expert roundtable are not as dramatic, but are equally important. Every OSCE pS...