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.
EIGE’s Finance and Procurement Team Leader, Miguel Varela Sabucedo, attends the EU Agencies’ Internal Audit and Accountants Network plenary meeting, organised by ENISA in Athens. Discussions focus on revenue management, including accounting, budgeting and monitoring of fee income from fee-generating agencies, recent IPSAS developments, and the use of DWH reports by accountants, among other subjects.
EIGE’s Brussels Liaison Officer, Sara Cooke O'Dowd, attends an event organised by the Director of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) ahead of the end of their mandate, representing EIGE.
EIGE’s Campaigns Coordinator, joins online the expert seminar on sexual harassment at work, organised by the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights on 16 September. EIGE complements FRA's presentation on the EU gender-based violence survey with an overview of the communications package designed to help employers reinforce their commitment to zero-tolerance cultures.
EIGE's Brussels Liaison Officer, Sarah Cooke O'Dowd, joins the lunch for a fireside chat with Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition at the European Commission, moderated by Silvana Koch-Mehrin, President of WPL. This will be followed by an open ‘tour de table’ discussion to ensure an inclusive and engaging exchange.
EIGE organises an online testing session with employers on the draft step-by-step toolkit for gender-neutral job evaluation and classification. The session seeks employer feedback to ensure the toolkit addresses real-world challenges and supports organisations in identifying and eliminating gender bias in job evaluation. The toolkit updates the existing EU-wide guidelines on gender-neutral job evaluation. It is developed in the framework...
EIGE’s Brussels Liaison Officer, Sarah Cooke O'Dowd, and Stakeholder Trainee, Victoire Olczak, participates in the European Women’s Lobby 10th AGORA Summer Camp on the theme 'Violence Against Women and Girls,' presenting EIGE’s work.
EIGE’s Gender Statistics Team Leader, Jolanta Reingarde, participates in the EU conference 'Gender Equality: Zooming in on Men and Boys', organised by the Danish Presidency. The conference addresses gender-based challenges and inequalities affecting men and boys, as well as the influence of the manosphere in reinforcing stereotypical gender roles and misogyny.