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  • Swedish Parliamentary Delegation visits EIGE

    The Labour Market Committee of the Swedish Parliament visits the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in Vilnius. The visit offers an opportunity to exchange knowledge and insights on gender equality and discrimination in the labour market and workplace, with particular attention to developments in Lithuania and the Baltic region. EIGE shares its latest research, data, and good practices in...

  • Italian Parliament’s Inquiry Committee on Femicide and Gender-based Violence Visits EIGE

    EIGE welcomes the Italian Parliament’s Inquiry Committee into Femicide and Gender-based Violence for an exchange on EIGE’s work on feminicide. As part of its ongoing comparative study of European legal systems, the Committee is seeking to identify best practices in the prevention of gender-based violence, with a particular focus on economic violence and femicide. The visit to EIGE offers an...

  • ‘Meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania’

    EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, meets Jurate Losiene, Director of State and Diplomatic Protocol, and Sigitas Mitkus, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, to explore opportunities for closer cooperation, particularly in the context of Lithuania’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2027.

  • 11th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA)

    EIGE’s researcher Irene Rioboo Leston presents the results of the CARE survey at the 11th Conference of the European Survey Research Association. This year’s conference theme, ‘Promises and problems of new and alternative data sources and formats for survey research: methodological challenges and substantive conclusions’, covers topics highly relevant to EIGE’s work. These include non-probability surveys, measuring sex and gender...

  • Global Meeting on Measuring Femicide and Other Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls

    EIGE’s Gender-Based Violence Team Leader, Cristina Fabre, attends the global meeting organised by UNODC and UN Women. The meeting brings together national and regional stakeholders to discuss the implementation of the statistical framework for measuring gender-related killings of women and girls.

  • Lithuanian Parliament Working Group on Legislation Related to the Prevention of Sexual Violence

    EIGE's Gender-Based Violence SNE, Jessica Doyle, attends and presents on the topic of the prevention of sexual violence to the Parliament working group chaired by Agne Bilotaite. The meeting will highlight several key issues: the findings of the EU survey on gender-based violence, particularly in relation to sexual violence; the economic and social costs of gender-based violence; and the significance...

  • 5th Workshop – Gender Data, Statistics & Indicators

    EIGE support the co-facilitation of the fifth workshop for the Gender Flagship Project, focusing on gender statistics and gender-related evidence. The project is funded by European Union through SG REFORM's Technical Support Instrument, supporting 12 beneficiary authorities in 9 EU member States at national and local levels to achieve gender mainstreaming in public policies and budgets. Implemented by Expertise France...

  • European Parliament’s Workshop on Implementation of the Gender Mainstreaming Methodology in the EU Budget

    EIGE's Gender Mainstreaming Team Leader, Helena Morais Maceira, attends the workshop organised by the Budgetary Support Unit, at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control, on 'Implementation of the Gender Mainstreaming Methodology in the EU Budget'. EIGE will present insights into the concept of gender budgeting, the latest data on its implementation at EU level, and recommendations.

  • EPO report presentation with Eurojust

    EIGE's Gender-Based Violence Team Leader, Cristina Fabre, presents a joint report with Eurojust on the European Protection Order in Brussels. Published in February 2025, the report highlights the lack of awareness among practitioners (judicial, police, and support services) and recommends further dissemination of information on this instrument of judicial cooperation.

  • 44th Management Board Meeting

    EIGE hosts the 44th Management Board (MB) meeting, taking place in Vilnius on the 19th and 20th of June. This marks the first meeting of the new term and the seventh composition of the Management Board.

  • Meeting with the Director of HaDEA

    EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, meets Marina Zanchi, Director of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), during her visit to Lithuania to discuss potential future cooperation between the two agencies.