Study visit by the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit, within the Office of the Minister for European Integration of the Republic of Serbia Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit, within the Office of the Minister for European Integration of the Republic of Serbia visited EIGE in order to gain knowledge on EU approaches and practices in coordinating processes and increasing effectiveness of institutions regarding violence against women and gender mainstreaming, as well as useful resources and experts’ opinions and trends.
On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls' rights and the unique challenges girls facearound the world.
The European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life is a strong instrument for the enhancement of equality between the sexes. In combination with individual GAPs – Gender Equality Action Plans – signatories of the charter show how equality touches every single aspect of daily life of women and men. The conference offers best practice examples from various European cities and regions.
EIGE will organise a sixth meeting of the Working Group on the Beijing indicators on 9 and 10 October 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Working Group on the Beijing indicators was established at EIGE in 2010 to facilitate the development of reliable, harmonised and comparable information required for the follow-up of the BPfA implementation. Its members consist of civil servants, researchers, academics and representatives of civil society organisations, with broad and diverse expertise in the area of gender equality.
Making the right gender equality knowledge available at the right time to the right actors. We are pleased to announce that EIGE's Resource & Documentation Centre (RDC) will be launched on 1 October 2013. EIGE’s Resource and Documentation Centre (RDC) is a unique European source of gender equality knowledge. There is a multitude of gender equality actors at the EU and Member States level.
On both 30 September 30 and 1 October EIGE invites politicians, members of academia and representatives of Civil Society to join an online discussion on EIGE’s online platform EuroGender and share valuable insights and experience that will help to further promote gender equality in politics. Despite 50 years of gender equality policy at the EU level, the Gender Equality Index reveals that the European Union is only half way towards a gender-equal society.
On both 30 September and 1 October EIGE invites politicians, members of academia and representatives of Civil Society to join an online discussion on EIGE’s online platform EuroGender and share valuable insights and experience that will help to further promote gender equality in politics. Despite 50 years of gender equality policy at the EU level, the Gender Equality Index reveals that the European Union is only half way towards a gender-equal society.
Noëlle Milquet, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Equal Opportunities and Najat Vallaud- Belkacem, spokesperson for the French Government and Minister of Women’s Rights, have committed themselves to promote women’s rights on various topics. As a first topic, they have chosen to look at human trafficking from a very objective point of view and in particular the exploitation of the prostitution of others, because it questions these rights.
Support Abortion as a Human Right! Join the worldwide mobilisation on September 28 for the Global Day of Access to Safe and Legal Abortion! On September 28, WGNRR calls on her members and allies from all over the world to end the stigma against abortion and demand for women’s right to control their bodies without putting their lives, health and freedom at risk.
This conference aims to bring together postgraduates and early career researchers who study the relationship between gender, development, and political economy. The conference follows an interdisciplinary approach, inviting researchers from women/ gender studies, development, politics, sociology, economics, philosophy, and other related disciplines. Call for papers
