WHY: This webinar aims at providing examples of promising practices of horizontal and vertical mobilisation on gender equality in research. It provides examples of successful mobilisation of men for gender equality and inspiration about possible interventions. Read more, here. FOR WHOM: It offers a learning opportunity to Gender Equality Plans teams Equality Officers Change agents and whoever is involved in...
THIS CONFERENCE OFFERS A PLATFORM FOR: Discussion relating to the current status of women, with a special focus on the following categories that constitute potential challenges to gender equality and women’s rights: the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the refugee crisis, rising levels of (and political legitimisation of) sexual violence and misogyny, cuts in child-care and services for disabled...
Description: This in person training aims at sensitising about key problems at stake regarding gender in research and innovation. It provides the opportunity to familiarise with the concept of a Gender Equality Plan and its main stages. Read more, here. The training is guided by one of the leading gender experts in Europe, Dr Maxime Forest. Dr Forest’s recent work...
Croatia’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the General Secretariat of the Council is organising the International Women’s Day Breakfast Event “Strong Women - Strong European Union”. 2020 marks an important year for gender equality and women’s rights,celebrating the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Therefore, the purpose of the...
The event is organised at the occation of International Women's Day and dedicated to 25th year anniversary of Beijing Declaration. EIGE's director Carlien Scheele will be addressing Beijing Declaration and assessing its main challenges. Even takes place at European Parliament on 4 - 5 of March 2020. In 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women adopted the Beijing Declaration and...
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), has a specific role under the EU Treaties to act as an advisory body to the EU institutions. Its members are drawn from a range of civil society organsiations representing economic, social, cultural and diverse interests e.g. employers' organsiations, trade unions, consumer groups, social NGOs. In advance of the renewal its mandate in...
Description: This in person training aims at introducing the different dimensions of the facilitation of change processes towards gender equality. It provides the opportunity to engage in practical, real life exercises to select and implement participatory and co-creation techniques to facilitate change processes. Read more, here. The training is guided by one of the leading gender experts in Europe, Dr...
Nell’ambito delle funzioni svolta dal Direttorato Generale su Giustizia e Consumatori, il network europeo di esperti legali in materia di uguaglianza di genere e non discriminazione informa la Commissione europea sugli sviluppi giuridici a livello nazionale in entrambi i campi della parità di genere e della non discriminazione. Esso comprende esperti nazionali di 35 paesi, coinvolgendo quindi anche paesi che...
Course Description Gender mainstreaming is a strategy to achieve gender equality. This strategy aims at making visible the different impacts on or impact of women and men in a given context. It involves the recognition that the gender division of labor and its associated norms, values and ideologies are defined by a complex of power relations which tend to accord...
Congratulations to Montenegro for their first national Gender Equality Index! This EU candidate country achieved a score of 55 out of 100 and sits below the 2019 EU average of 67.4. Montenegro's Gender Equality Index was developed with EIGE's support and follows #EIGEIndex methodology. More about EIGE's cooperation with the EU candidate countries and potential candidates here. The following documents...
Congratulations to Albania for their first national Gender Equality Index! This EU candidate country achieved a score of 60.4 out of 100 - just 7 points below the 2019 EU average of 67.4. "Now that Albania has its own Gender Equality Index, it will be able to monitor progress. With a detailed analysis of remaining gender equality challenges, politicians can...
Il CPO del Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati di Firenze, l’associazione AGI Avvocati Giuslavoristi Italiani, la Fondazione per la Formazione Forense di Firenze, in collaborazione con Mediateca della Regione Toscana, promuovono una rassegna cinematografica dedicata ai temi dei diritti della persona costituzionalmente garantiti, con particolare attenzione ai principi d’eguaglianza e di pari opportunità, nel mondo del lavoro e nella società tutta...