EIGE Director Carlien Scheele meets C.E.Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, Member of CEDAW, Chair Supervisory Committee Child Helpline International and Chair Supervisory Committee Stichting Misbruikt.
EIGE hosts the "Unheard Voices: the Influence of Gender-Based Violence" conference, organized by the Active Youth Institute of Vilnius. The conference is an international youth event featuring expert speakers and activities to combat violence against women. Gender-based violence Seconded National Expert, Janine Mc Ginn, takes part in the discussion with an interactive presentation on the hidden voices of cyberviolence. She...
EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele addresses the members of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM). In her speech, Ms Scheele will highlight the key developments and challenges in gender equality in the EU and suggest how the work of the Agency can support the European Parliament in addressing these challenges.
EIGE attends the biannual meeting of the Commission's High level group on gender mainstreaming (HLG) which brings together representatives of Member States in charge of gender equality and gender mainstreaming at national level. During the meeting EIGE will present its latest work on the topic of gender equality and work-life balance. EIGE will also meet the EU Trio presidencies to...
EIGE's trainees Olivia Hoppu, Patricia Bliem, Rebecca Olsson and Silvia Spada join the Vilnius Summer Academy, a cooperation between the German Academic Fellowship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), Vilnius University, and the European Humanities University. They hold a presentation on EIGE's work and open the floor to a fruitful discussion with international students about gender equality and current challenges.
EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, meets the new Director of the Agency for support of BEREC (BEREC Office), Verena Weber, for a touch base introductory meeting.
EIGE's Brussels Liaison Officer, Sarah Cooke O'Dowd, joins the Council of Europe Conference on "Synergy for Change: civil society raising awareness on violence against women in a context of global challenges" in Budapest. The conference is organized in the framework of the CoE multi-country programme to tackle violence against women, focusing on civil society organizations (CSOs)'s contribution in raising awareness...
EIGE's Gender Equality and Statistics researcher, Vytautas Peciukonis, joins the Global Conference on Measuring New Forms of Employment organized by the Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT) in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Brussels. The Global Conference gathers high-profile policymakers and statistical experts from across Europe and around the world to develop reliable information on digital...
EIGE's Director, Carlien Sheele, and EIGE's Research and Statistics Team Leader, Jolanta Reingarde, join the High-Level Conference on the European Social Charter in Vilnius, held under the Lithuanian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, as a follow-up to the Fourth Summit of the Council of Europe. The conference aims to discuss social rights, and it brings together ministers, high-level officials...
EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, hosts a visit of the Minister of Social Protection of Estonia, Signe Riisalo, at EIGE's headquarters. During the visit, the Director and the Minister discuss the situation of gender equality in Estonia and how further to enhance cooperation between the Agency and member states. The Advisor of the EU Affairs and international cooperation Department, Berit Marksoo...
EIGE, together with the University of Vilnius, organises and hosts the 2024 Annual conference of the European Network on Gender and Violence (ENGV) in Vilnius. The ENGV is an interdisciplinary, international network supporting exchange and collaboration among researchers, scholars, and professionals. Each year, the ENGV annual conference provides a forum for debates on current research related to Gender Based Violence...
EIGE's gender-based violence Expert, Agata Szypulska, joins the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) in Geneva for a full-day discussion on women's human rights. The conference deepens the concept of economic violence as a form of gender-based violence that affect disproportionally women and girls. In addition, the discussion focuses on the role played by the international human...